New Delhi, April 11 -- The Iraqi parliament on Saturday, April 11, elected Nizar Amedi as the country's new president. The Parliamentary election was held in November 2025. After electing their President, Iraq will now have to choose their prime minister. Amedi won after securing 227 votes, while his opponent Muthanna Amin Nader received 15. According to the reports, the vote to elect the Iraqi president took over two months.

Nizar Amedi was elected after a long decisive voting session was held in Parliament. As per the convention, Iraq's president is always Kurdish. The prime minister is elected from Shiite community, while the Parliamentary speaker is Sunni.

Amedi's election comes as Iraq is reeling from the fallout of the US-Israeli ...