Abdul Latif Rashid Elected As New Iraq President by Parliament
Rashid, 78 was the Iraqi minister of water resources from 2003 to 2010 and is a British-educated engineer. A first round of voting on the presidential nomination failed to reach the required two-thirds majority. Iraq had made three failed attempts this year to elect a new head of state from February 7 to March 30. Abdul Latif Rashid Elected As New Iraq President by Parliament.