Baghdad: Iraq’s president named prominent Shiite politician Haider al-Abadi as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, dislodging incumbent Nouri al-Maliki after eight years in office despite a show of force as he clung to power.
President Fouad Massoum called on Abadi, a member of Maliki’s ruling party and currently the deputy speaker of parliament, to form a new government.
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