Iraq's parliament elected Nizar Amidi as the country's new president Saturday when the Kurdish Politician won a second-round parliamentary ballot.
Amidi won 227 of 249 votes in the ballot, becoming the country’s sixth head of state since 2003.
Iraqi parliament elected Amidi, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) candidate, as the country's new president Saturday, succeeding former President Abdul Latif Rashid.
Amidi's victory came after he secured a majority of votes in the second round of parliamentary voting, following the failure to reach a two-thirds majority in the first round, according to the Türkiye-based Anadolu Agency (AA).
Amidi won the runoff election with 227 votes, compared to 15 votes for his opponent, Muthanna Amin, with seven invalid ballots.
