"I am fully aware of the scale of challenges facing our country, he said, pledging to work alongside all three branches of government, and committing to the principle of Iraq First."
"The election comes as Iraq is still absorbing the shockwaves of the weeks long US-Israel war on Iran, which was halted with a ceasefire announced earlier this week."
"Under Iraq's sectarian power-sharing system introduced after Washington's 2003 invasion, the prime minister must be a Shia Muslim, the parliamentary speaker a Sunni, and the president a Kurd."
Nizar Amedi has been elected as Iraq's new president, receiving 227 votes in parliament, which ended a prolonged political deadlock. Amedi, nominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, defeated independent candidate Muthanna Amin Nader. He becomes the sixth head of state since the 2003 US-led invasion. Amedi acknowledged the challenges ahead and committed to the principle of 'Iraq First.' The election follows the recent US-Israel war on Iran, which impacted Iraq, and attention now shifts to the selection of a new prime minister under the sectarian power-sharing system.
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