Kurdistan President,Barzani, Prime Minister, Maliki, President,Talibani, VP, Mahdi (missing VP Hashemi and Khudair al-Khuzaie )2011-05-12
Iraqi parliament voted on Thursday for three candidates selected for vice presidents of Iraq’s presidency.
Parliament named Tariq al-Hashimi from Iraqiya Bloc, Adel Abdul Mahdi from National Alliance and Khudair al-Khuzaie from State of law Coalition with the majority of votes.
Iraq MPs approve three ceremonial vice-presidents
The Peninsula – 13 May, 2011
Iraqi lawmakers finally broke a prolonged deadlock yesterday and approved three politicians to the ceremonial role of vice-president.The three, each of whom represents a major faction in Iraq’s power-sharing government, will serve as deputies for President Jalal Talabani, who represents a fourth bloc.“Parliament members have unanimously approved three vice-presidents in one package,” a parliamentary official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. He did not say how many MPs voted.
The trio are former vice-presidents Tareq Al Hashemi and Adel Abdel Mahdi, and former education minister Khudayr Al Khuzaie.
Hashemi is a member of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, Mahdi is part of the Shia religious Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, while Khuzaie is from Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki’s Shia Dawa party.
Talabani is a member of the Kurdistania alliance, the main Kurdish grouping.
Lawmakers had been deadlocked on the issue of vice-presidents since the formation of Iraq’s national unity government in December, more than nine months after March 2010 elections.
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