Nechirvan Barzani elected president of Kurdistan Region
2019-05-28T13:50:46+00:00
Regional lawmakers elected Nechirvan Barzani as president of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a spokesman for the regional parliament told.
Barzani, who had been serving as regional prime minister, won 68 votes from the 81 lawmakers present. The regional legislature has 111 seats in total.
He is the nephew of the previous and only other holder of the office, Masoud Barzani.