Nechirvan Barzani elected president of Iraqi Kurdistan

Nechirvan Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), was elected Tuesday as president of the autonomous region of northern Iraq more than six months after the parliamentary elections, said Tuesday a spokesman for the regional parliament.
The new president, who was previously prime minister, is the nephew of the previous president and sole president of the autonomous region, Massoud Barzani. He obtained 68 votes out of the 81 deputies present. The Parliament of Kurdistan has 111 seats.
The deputies of the great rival of the KDP, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), who came second in the legislative elections with 21 seats, did not take part in the ballot and two small parties.....