"The choice of al-Zaidi breaks a months-long deadlock in which the US President Donald Trump had himself intervened, after former two-time Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki emerged as the Coordination Framework's initial candidate."
"Al-Zaidi was named earlier on Monday as the candidate of the Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shia parties that has a majority in parliament."
"The Coordination Framework said that al-Maliki and outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani had withdrawn their candidacies."
Ali al-Zaidi has been named Iraq's prime minister-designate by President Nizar Amedi, tasked with forming a new government. His selection comes from the Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shia parties holding a parliamentary majority. This decision resolves a prolonged deadlock influenced by US President Donald Trump's opposition to former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who was initially the candidate. Both al-Maliki and outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani have since withdrawn their candidacies, paving the way for al-Zaidi's appointment.
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