Iraqi President Barham Salih has selected Adnan al-Zurfi as the country new prime minister. Al-Zurfi has 30 days to form his cabinet which he have to then put to a vote of assurance in Iraq’s fractious Parliament. He will succeed Mohammed Allawi, the first official named through the president while PM-designate who withdrew his candidacy for the post.

Al-Zurfi be a previous governor of the holy Shia city of Najaf and head the Nasr parliamentary group of former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Adel Abdul Mahdi be an temporary PM who withdrew his submission in December 2019 after heavy protest where 40 people be killed by security forces.