Parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as President of Iraq

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The new generation boycotted the second round of voting for the President of the Republic

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Parliament resorts to a second round of voting to choose the President of the Republic

2022.10.13 - 15:40

 

Baghdad - people  

On Thursday, the House of Representatives resorted to the second round of voting to choose the President of the Republic of Iraq.  

  

  

  

The results of the first round of electing the President of the Republic showed the lead of Abdul Latif Rashid, who received 157 votes, while Barham Salih received 98 votes.  

  

The deputies present at the parliament session dedicated to electing the President of the Republic, Thursday, ended the secret vote in the first round of the voting process.  

  

Our correspondent reported that the deputies who formed the actual attendance of the deputies during the session, according to what was announced by the media department, finished the secret vote.    

After that, the counting process began for 277 deputies who participated in voting.    

  

Earlier, the House of Representatives began a secret vote to choose the President of the Iraqi Republic.  

  

And the Media Department of the House of Representatives announced, earlier, the opening of the session to elect the President of the Republic, in the presence of 258 deputies.  

  

The department stated in a statement, of which "Nass" received a copy (October 13, 2022), that "House of Representatives Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi opened the work of session No. (6)."    

  

The statement added, "The number of attendees is 258."    

Moments later, the media department announced that the number of deputies present had increased to 269.    

  

On Thursday, the "Nass" correspondent reported that the parliament bell had been rung in order for the deputies to enter the hall and start the session devoted to electing the president of the republic.  

  

Dozens of deputies were in the parliament cafeteria, waiting for the session scheduled for eleven in the morning, coinciding with the arrival of the presidential candidates to the parliament building.    

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An official list of the results of the first round of voting for the President of the Republic

10.13-2022 - 16:13

 

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The Media Department of the House of Representatives announced the results of the treatment and sorting for the selection of the President of the Republic for the first round.  

  

  

  

The following are the results, as received by the media department, and "Nass" received a copy of it (October 13, 2022):  

  

Number of signatories 277  

  

Number of voters 277  

  

Candidates:  

  

Abdul Latif Rashid: 156 votes  

  

Barham Salih: 99 votes  

  

Rewar Orahman: 9 votes  

  

Thaer Ghanem: One vote  

  

Mahdi Muhammad: One vote  

  

Louay Abdel-Saheb: One vote  

  

Void papers: 10 votes  

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Parliament Media Department: The number of Parliament session attendance is now 242 deputies

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A political bloc boycotts the second round of the presidential election session - urgent

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The head of the New Generation bloc, Sarwa Abdel Wahed, announced today, Thursday, a boycott of the second round of the presidential election session.

"From the beginning, we knew that there was an agreement concluded between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and we were not a party to this game between the ruling parties in the Kurdistan region," Abdul Wahed said during a press conference, attended by Alsumaria News correspondent.

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"Rasheed" is ahead of Barham Salih in the first round of voting to elect the president of Iraq

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022 - 03:02 PM

Abdul Latif Rashid

 

 

Candidate Abdul Latif Rashid led the outgoing president, Barham Salih, in the first round of voting in the Iraqi parliament to elect the country's president.

 

 

Today, Thursday, October 13, the Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) completed the counting and sorting process to choose a president of the republic.

And the correspondent of the Iraqi News Agency "Ana" said, "The House of Representatives has completed the counting and sorting process to choose the President of the Republic."

The reporter added, "The results of the first round of electing the president of the republic came as follows: candidate Abdel Latif Rashid 157 votes, and candidate Barham Salih 99 votes."

And earlier today, the Media Department of the House of Representatives announced that the number of signatories to choose a President of the Republic amounted to 277 deputies, while the number of voters reached 277 deputies.

The House of Representatives ended, earlier today, Thursday, the process of secret voting to choose the President of the Republic.

Today, Thursday, Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi inaugurated the work of Session No. 6, related to the election of the President of the Republic.

And the Media Department of the House of Representatives announced, after the session, that it had submitted a request to withdraw the nomination of Reber Ahmed and Omar Al-Barzanji, for the position of President of the Republic to the presidency of the Council.

Since the early parliamentary elections, in October 2021, Iraq has been suffering from a severe political crisis, as consultations between the political parties to nominate a prime minister did not lead to a result.

In August, Iraq witnessed bloody clashes that killed more than 30 people, and a large number of injured.

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The Iraqi parliament fails in its first round to elect a president

 

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Shafaq News/ The Iraqi parliament failed, on Thursday, to elect a president, to go to a second round in which two of the winners with the highest votes will compete.

Shafak News Agency correspondent stated that the council began voting this afternoon on the 41 candidates for the post of President of the Republic, but in the last hours, the two candidates, Reber Ahmed and Omar Al-Barzanji, announced the withdrawal of her candidacy, and the competition was limited to 39 candidates.

In the first round, candidate Abdel Latif Rashid received 156 votes, while the second winner with the highest number of votes, the current President of the Republic, Barham Salih, received 99 votes, bringing matters to the second round.

And the House of Representatives held today, Thursday afternoon, the session devoted to electing the President of the Republic, in light of the failure of the two main Kurdish parties to agree on one candidate for this position.

The Media Department of the House of Representatives said in a statement that the Speaker of the House, Muhammad al-Halbousi, opened the session after completing the quorum, with the attendance of 269 deputies.

Article 70 of the Iraqi constitution states:

First: The House of Representatives elects from among the candidates a president of the republic by a two-thirds majority of its members.

Second: If none of the candidates obtains the required majority, competition will take place among the candidates who obtain the highest votes, and whoever obtains the majority of votes in the second ballot is declared president.

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Voting continues in the second round of the presidential race

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{Politics: Al Furat News} Voting continues in the House of Representatives during the second round of the race to elect the President of the Republic, in the presence of 242 deputies.

 

A parliamentary source told Al-Furat News that: "The voting process in the second round of electing the president of the republic continues by the deputies, and it is only minutes, and the winning candidate is announced."

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The Iraqi parliament votes in a second round to choose the president of the republic

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Baghdad

Mohamed Ali

October 13, 2022

 

Today's session will be held amid a continuing dispute between the two Kurdish parties over a candidate (Sabah Arar/AFP)

 

Today, Thursday, the Iraqi parliament started a second round of voting to elect a president of the republic, after the first round ended without any of the candidates obtaining two-thirds of the required votes.

According to the results of the first round, candidate Abdel Latif Rashid received 157 votes, compared to 99 for the current president, Barham Salih.

The Iraqi parliament voted secretly to choose the president of the republic on Thursday.

Prior to the session, the ruling " Kurdistan Democratic Party " in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, headed by Masoud Barzani, decided to withdraw its candidate for the presidency of the republic (Reber Ahmed), less than one hour before the parliament session scheduled for today, Thursday, to elect a new president for the country, the sixth since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

After a meeting of party leaders and deputies in the parliament building, the Iraqi Foreign Minister and a leader in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Fuad Hussein, announced, in statements to reporters, that his candidate, Reber Ahmed, had been withdrawn from the presidential race, and the decision to vote in favor of Abdul Latif Rashid, the Kurdish leader and former minister of irrigation, who works Currently, he is an advisor in the Presidential Office.

Hussein said that the party decided to withdraw its candidate, Reber Ahmed, and supported Abdul Latif Rashid.

Sources confirmed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that the party decided to withdraw its candidate and support candidate Abdul Latif Rashid, after the collapse of negotiations with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , in which the latter insisted on renewing the current president, Barham Salih, for a second term.

The sources pointed out that part of the "coordinating framework" forces are voting in favor of Abdul Latif Rashid, as part of efforts to resolve this entitlement and go towards assigning the coalition candidate, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, to form the government.

Earlier this morning, Thursday, political sources confirmed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that there are recent negotiations conducted by various political forces to agree on one candidate for the position. 

The sources confirmed that in the event that no agreement is reached, the position will be decided in Parliament, as the party candidate who succeeded in including the largest number of blocs on his side will prevail. The name of the former Minister of Irrigation and the current advisor, Abdel Latif Rashid, appears as a stronger candidate, in the event that the dispute over the position continues until Parliament enters and the session begins.

Over the course of the political crisis in Iraq, since the parliamentary elections on October 10, 2021, Parliament failed three times to pass a candidate for the presidency, as it was not able to collect a quorum of two-thirds of the members of the Council, as the constitution indicates in the requirements for electing a president who does not have any powers. Executive, while restricting the executive powers to the Prime Minister, and the President of the Republic giving him an honorary role.

Political division within the "coordinating framework"
Senior political sources in the capital, Baghdad, confirmed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that the political division reached within the " Coordination Framework " alliance , as the alliance split into two opinions regarding the crisis of choosing the President of the Republic.

The sources also confirmed that the threat of the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, to withdraw from the political process in the event of the election of a non-party candidate for the position as the first winner in the elections in the districts of the Kurdistan region, led to part of the "coordinating framework" going to put pressure on the president of the "PUK."  Bafel Talabani in order to withdraw his candidate and give up the position.

Last night, Wednesday, the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Bafel Talabani, appealed to the "coordinating framework" forces, which was interpreted as a feeling that the framework may overturn his understandings with the party regarding support for its candidate, Barham Salih.

Talabani said, in a tweet on his Twitter account: "Dear brothers in the (coordinating framework) and our other allies, we appeal to you on behalf of your brothers in the (PUK) who have always stood with you in the most difficult and darkest circumstances, to be as we entrusted you .. (the believers) on their terms).

The file of electing the president of the republic is of high importance as it is a main condition for forming a government in accordance with the constitution. Without the election of a new president, the "coordinating framework" coalition cannot present its candidate, Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani, to form a government.

And earlier yesterday, Wednesday, informed political sources revealed that leaders in the "framework" are exerting great pressure on Talabani to change the Union's candidate for the post of President of the Republic, Barham Salih, noting that the "National Union" is still insisting on its candidate, who is rejected by some forces. the frame".

The sources pointed out that some of the leaders of the framework will not vote for Barham Salih.

She pointed out the Kurdistan Democratic Party's readiness to withdraw its candidate for the presidency in exchange for the National Union withdrawing its candidate and supporting a settlement candidate, Abdul Latif Rashid, one of the party cadres of the Union, in exchange for giving ministerial portfolios to the Democratic Party only, noting that this proposal was welcomed. Politically from forces in the "framework", with its rejection by the "Union", according to local Iraqi news reports.

Amidst a sharp political division in Baghdad, which resulted after the failure of the two main parties to reach a settlement agreement regarding the candidate for the position of President of the Republic, and the political custom in the country after the American invasion in 2003 that the position belongs to the Kurdish political forces, several political forces announced their boycott of the session, most notably The civilian " Etdaad " bloc, and the "Eshraqa Kanon" bloc, which includes a number of independent deputies.

The session requires the presence of 221 deputies out of 329 deputies in the Iraqi parliament in order to complete the quorum of the session scheduled before noon today.

10 wounded in missile strikes targeting the Green Zone

And the Green Zone in Baghdad was hit by a missile attack, wounding ten people, just before the presidential election session in Parliament located in the Green Zone.

Nine Katyusha rockets targeted the Green Zone, where government institutions and foreign embassies are located, according to a statement by the official security media cell, while at least 10 people were wounded inside the Green Zone and in a nearby residential neighborhood, according to the security source, noting that a rocket landed near Parliament. 

The Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has witnessed, since the early hours of Thursday morning, strict security measures, amid a widespread deployment of army and police forces, and the closure of a large number of roads and bridges, to secure the presidential election session scheduled before noon.

The Iraqi security forces cut several bridges over the Tigris River leading to the Green Zone, as well as major streets in which the army was deployed, which left a severe traffic crisis in various areas of the capital, in anticipation of protests or demonstrations by supporters of the "Sadr movement" in conjunction with the holding of the session.

 

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Parliamentary source: Al-Sudani will be assigned today to form the new cabinet

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{Politics: Al Furat News} A parliamentary source revealed, today, Thursday, that the largest bloc will submit a letter to assign the candidate of the most numerous bloc, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, to the winning President of the Republic.

 

The parliamentary source told Al-Furat News that: "The winning president will assign Al-Sudani to form the new cabinet today."
Today, Thursday, the House of Representatives held a voting session to choose the President of the Republic, with the attendance of 277 deputies.
No candidate was able to obtain two-thirds of the votes in the race for the presidency of the Iraqi republic, to resort to a second round to decide the winning candidate for the position.
Candidate Abdel Latif Rashid received 157 votes, while candidate Barham Salih received 99. 
In the second round, one of the candidates required more than 165 votes to win the presidency.  

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House of Representatives Media Service: The second round of electing the President of the Republic has not ended yet

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Baghdad - Mawazine News
, The Media Department of the House of Representatives confirmed that the second round of electing the President of the Republic has not ended yet.
The department said in a statement that Mawazine News received a copy of it, that "the second round of electing the president of the republic has not ended yet."
And the department announced earlier, the start of the second round to elect the President of the Republic. Ended 29 / h

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After approaching the presidency of Iraq .. Who is Abdul Latif Rashid?

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Baghdad - Mawazine News
publishes / Mawazine News / the biography of Abdul Latif Rashid, who is approaching the presidency of the Republic of Iraq.
And below is the biography:
Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid
- Born in Sulaymaniyah Governorate 1944
- Holds a PhD in Engineering Holds the
following positions:
- Teaching at the University of Sulaymaniyah
- Director of the International Food and Agriculture Organization project for Wadi Tuban, which is located in southern Yemen
- Resident engineer for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the International The Jizan Valley Dam and Irrigation Network in Saudi Arabia
- Project Director of the International Food and Agriculture Organization and the Jizan Valley Development Project
- Minister of Water Resources
- Senior Adviser to the President of the Republic of Iraq. End 29

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Voting ends in the second round to choose the President of the Republic and the counting process begins

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Voting for the second round of the presidential elections has ended, and the counting is awaited

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The end of the second round of the secret vote to choose the President of the Republic

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Council Media Department: The number of voters in the second round is 269

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{Politics: Al Furat News} The House of Representatives announced today, Thursday, the start of the counting process for the second round of selecting the President of the Republic.

 

The Council's media department stated that: "The number of signatories reached 269, and the number of voters was 269."

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The second round.. Starting the counting process to choose the President of the Republic

10.10.2022 - 17:46

 

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The Media Department of the House of Representatives announced, on Thursday, the end of the start of the counting process for the second round of voting on the President of the Republic.  

 

  

  

And the department stated in a statement that "Nass" received a copy of it (October 13, 2022), "the counting process began to choose the president of the republic, as the number of signatories was 269 deputies, and the number of voters was 269."  

  

  

  

  

Earlier, the Media Department of the House of Representatives announced the results of the counting and sorting for the selection of the President of the Republic for the first round.    

  

The following are the results, as received by the media department, and "Nass" received a copy of it (October 13, 2022):    

  

Number of signatories 277    

  

Number of voters 277    

  

Candidates:    

  

Abdul Latif Rashid: 156 votes    

  

Barham Salih: 99 votes    

  

Rewar Orahman: 9 votes    

  

Thaer Ghanem: One vote    

  

Mahdi Muhammad: One vote    

  

Louay Abdel-Saheb: One vote    

  

Void papers: 10 votes    

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Abdul Latif's voices escalated against his opponent, the current president, Barham Salih

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Abdul Latif Rashid elected president of the Republic of Iraq

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Al-Musawi: Al-Sudani is on a difficult task because of the current government

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The head of the Summit Center for Strategic Studies, Haider Al-Moussawi, confirmed today, Thursday, that the new government will face a difficult task in light of the end of the current caretaker government.

Al-Moussawi said in an interview with "Al-Maalouma", that "the new prime minister must choose the cabinet himself in order to ensure the success of his government in resolving the crises that occurred under the caretaker government," stressing that "the new government faces a difficult task given the problems and crises." exacerbated by the current government.

He added, "The most important axes that must be resolved is the special oil and gas law in the Kurdistan Regional Government and an end to violations in it," noting that "the new government is required to end arbitrariness in managing the electoral file through the legislation of the parties' law."

Al-Moussawi called on the parties that nominated Al-Sudani to "support him and not abandon him in the first breach he encounters," noting that "the stalled projects are very much, and work must be done to activate the service ones, which the current government did not work in giving it priority with completion."

The session to choose the president of the republic is taking place, who in turn will designate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani as prime minister in the new government, which is awaited by all segments of society, after the two things suffered from the caretaker government, whose term ends today according to the law and the constitution. finished 25/j

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Officially.. Abdul Latif Rashid announced as President of the Republic of Iraq

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Parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as President of Iraq

 

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Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Council of Representatives, in a session held today, Thursday, elected Abdul Latif Rashid as President of the Republic, after a difficult period that lasted more than a year since the early legislative elections that took place in October of last year.

The parliament failed in the first round of the session to elect a candidate with the intensification of competition between the candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the current president, Barham Salih, and Abdul Latif Rashid, despite the latter’s superiority in the number of votes, but he was unable to achieve a majority of 220 votes, or two-thirds of the attendance of the representatives, which is What the law requires.

 

 

 

Rashid received the majority of 162 votes, while his rival, Barham Salih, received 99 votes, and 8 invalid papers were registered.

The new President of the Republic will assign Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, the candidate of the largest parliamentary bloc for the position of Prime Minister, to form the next government within a maximum period of 30 days for the nomination.

Thus, the country turned the page of the biggest political crisis that it has experienced since the establishment of the Iraqi state, as the competing political forces and parties were unable to proceed with the formation of the government despite the passage of more than a year since the early parliamentary elections.

It is noteworthy that, on the tenth of last October, Iraq held early legislative elections to get out of a political crisis that swept the country after large demonstrations in the central and southern regions in 2019 in protest against the widespread unemployment in society, the spread of financial and administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, and the deterioration of The service and living reality, which prompted the former Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign under popular pressure.

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Who is Abdul Latif Rashid, the tenth president of the Republic of Iraq?

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{Politics: Al Furat News} The Kurdish candidate, Abdul Latif Rashid, won, today, Thursday, the post of President of the Republic, after defeating the rival candidate Barham Salih in the second round.

 

The following is the biography of the elected President of the Republic:
Abdul Latif Rashid began his political career in the sixties of the last century, and joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party, where he became an active member, and then a leader in the Kurdish Student Association in Europe, and participated in many meetings and meetings for the formation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Kurdistan Patriotic Union Party.
It emerged from the Iraqi First Party, and joined it after its formation. He was also chosen to be the representative of the Kurdistan Party in the United Kingdom, and it is represented in many European countries. It also has a major role in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and its formation since its establishment.
Abdul Latif Rashid attended many conferences and opposition societies that overthrew the Iraqi regime in 2003. He is also one of the political activists in the conferences that were prepared and led in the Kurdistan Alliance in Europe. He was elected after the formation of the Iraqi National Congress as one of the members of the Executive Council. He was elected For membership in the leadership of the Iraqi National Congress in 1992 until the fall of the Iraqi Baath regime.
He also has a large network of relations with various Iraqi parties, and has an active political presence after 2003, as he was a leading member of the INDICT Council from 1998 to 2003 alongside senior international government officials, and he has a great friendship relationship with the Iraqi opposition abroad, and after the year 2003 He became Minister of Water Resources, from 2003 until 2010, and after the end of his duties as Minister of Water Resources and his nomination in the Iraqi government to occupy the position of Secretary-General of the FAO of the United Nations, and he was appointed as Senior Adviser to the President of the Iraqi Republic and is still in office in December 2010.
Study by Abdul Latif Rashid and the most important positions he held
Minister Abdul Latif Rashid worked at the University of Sulaymaniyah, where he taught technical subjects for two years from 1969 until 1971, and he worked with Sir William Halcrow Consulting Company and his engineering partners from 1971 AD until 1979 AD, and he also worked in the project to develop the northern pasture to conduct the survey And evaluation of the morgue in Somalia from the year 1979 until 1981 AD, and among the most important positions he held are as follows:
He held the position of director of the International Food and Agriculture Organization project for the Tuban Valley, which is located in southern Yemen, funded by the World Bank and the Kuwait Fund, for the years 1981 and 1982.
He served as a resident engineer for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the International Organization for the Jizan Valley Dam and the irrigation network in Saudi Arabia.
Project Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Jizan Valley Development Project for the years 1983 and 1986.
After 2003, he held the position of Minister of Water Resources.
In late 2010, he served as Senior Adviser to the President of the Republic of Iraq.
He was awarded a scholarship by the Government of Iraq to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
A scholarship offered by the Gulbenkian Foundation to pursue a master's degree at the University of Manchester.
And a grant from the Robert Anks Smith Foundation to obtain a doctoral degree from the same university.

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