Who is Abdul Latif Rashid, the newly-elected president of Iraq?
, where the Parliament is based. The rockets hit other areas of Baghdad, including near the train station. By night time in Iraq, no one had claimed responsibility for the attacks, The New York Times reported.Who is Abdul Latif Rashid
Rashid was born in 1944 in the northeastern Sulaymaniyah region of Iraq. He graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Liverpool in 1968. He went on to complete his engineering doctorate in 1976 from the University of Manchester.
Rashid has a long history in Iraqi politics. He served as the minister of water resources from 2003 to 2010 and then as the senior adviser to the President. He can speak speaks Kurdish, Arabic and English, Al Jazeera reported.
Rashid is a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party. He was also the former spokesperson for the PUK in Britain.
Although the veteran Kurdish politician is considered accommodating, he is seen as a compromise candidate for the polarised country, AFP reported.
The move to elect him president comes when pro-Iranian Shia forces have been pushing to form a government.
According to the Iraqi political norm since 2006, a Kurd is elected as president of the country, while a Shia takes the role of prime minister. A Sunni will head the parliament.
(Edited by : Jerome Anthony)
First Published: Oct 14, 2022 1:55 PM IST
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