After 614 days of boycotts, court disputes and negotiations, the provincial council elected Mohammed Samaan as governor and Taha as deputy governor under a rotation arrangement. The result gave a Turkmen politician the governorship for the first time in roughly a century. The KDP was absent, and the agreement anticipated later rotation to an Arab candidate.
Kirkuk’s 614-day power struggle ends with a Turkmen governor
After 614 days of boycotts, court disputes and negotiations, the provincial council elected Mohammed Samaan as governor and Taha as deputy governor under a rotation arrangement. The result gave a Turkmen politician the governorship for the first time in roughly a century. The KDP was absent, and the agreement anticipated later rotation to an Arab candidate.
