Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Named

World | April 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00

Iraq's Transitional National Assembly took a step towards forming a new Iraqi Government nine weeks after the country's historic elections, electing a Speaker and two deputies. With 241 of the 275 members of the National Assembly gathered Sunday, they chose Hajim al-Hassani, a Sunni who is Minister of Industry in the interim government, as National Assembly Speaker.The two Deputy Speakers selected are Kurdish politician Aref Tayfour and Hussein al-Shahrastani, a Shia politician and member of the United Iraqi Alliance.

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