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Iraq Parliament elects Nizar Amedi as new president

source: Council of Representatives of Iraq

On 2026-04-11, Iraq's Parliament elected Nizar Amedi as the country's new president in a second-round vote in Baghdad. The report says Amedi won 227 votes and then was sworn in to begin his term. This is a domestic political selection by the national legislature, best treated as a public endorsement/recognition action in CAMEO terms.

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