Iraq President Elected April 2026

Nizar Amedi elected president

Sources: Multiple feeds (Middle Eastern)

Amedi is Kurdish candidate affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)

Sources: Multiple feeds (Middle Eastern)

PUK has historically competing influence with KDP

Sources: Multiple feeds (Middle Eastern)

Election brings degree of stability after political paralysis

Sources: Multiple feeds (Middle Eastern)

Parliament elected Nizar Amedi as president after five months of political deadlock; Amedi pledges "Iraq First"

Sources: Al Jazeera (Middle East), SCMP (China-aligned), Western Wire (Western)