Apr. 6, 2005
 
"Iraq's newly elected parliament chose Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as its new interim president Wednesday, reaching out to the nation's long-repressed Kurdish minority and taking one of the final steps toward forming Iraq's first democratically elected government in 50 years."
"n a largely symbolic, secret election, lawmakers also elected Shiite Adel Abdul-Mahdi and interim President Ghazi al-Yawer, a Sunni Arab, as Talabani's vice presidents. The three had been agreed upon in negotiations held during the past weeks, and no other candidates were proposed Tuesday."

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