2026 Iraqi presidential election
An indirect election was held for the president of Iraq on 11 April 2026 by the Council of Representatives. Nizar Amidi of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was elected in the second round of voting with 227 votes, defeating Muthanna Amin of the Kurdistan Islamic Union with 15 votes. Incumbent president Abdul Latif Rashid was eligible for another term but chose not to run. Amidi led in the first round with 208 votes, but was short of the two-thirds majority required by the constitution. Although the constitution of Iraq requires a presidential election to be held within thirty days of a new parliament being elected, it was delayed by five months after the November 2025 parliamentary election. This was due to disagreement within the largest electoral bloc, the Coordination Framework, on the selection of a prime minister-designate, who would be appointed by the president; and disagreement between the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) over the presidential...
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