{"id":16888,"date":"2014-07-24T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T12:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/16888-iraqi-parliament-elects-fuad-masum-as-president"},"modified":"2023-01-14T21:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T20:23:42","slug":"iraqi-parliament-elects-fuad-masum-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/iraqi-parliament-elects-fuad-masum-as-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi Parliament elects Fuad Masum as president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"fuad_masum\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-41961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/fuad_masum.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Iraq&#8217;s parliament has elected Kurdish politician Fuad Masum as president.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parliament speaker Salim al-Juburi announced that Masum, 76, had garnered the won 211 votes while his challenger only managed 17 in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Masum was almost guaranteed the job after Kurdish parties struck a late night deal to support him.<\/p>\n<p>Under an unofficial power-sharing deal, Iraq&#8217;s Kurds traditionally get the post of president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq&rsquo;s parliament has elected Kurdish politician Fuad Masum as president. &nbsp; Parliament speaker Salim al-Juburi announced that Masum, 76, had garnered the won 211 votes while his challenger only managed 17 in the second round. 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