Baghad assigns first Arab governor in Kirkuk since 2003

CAIRO – 16 October 2017: Deputy Governor of Kirkuk Rakan Saeed al-Jobouri has been assigned to run the city until a new governor is chosen in accordance with the local municipals’ elections, parliamentarian Jasim Mohamed Jafaar told al-Sumaria TV on Monday.

Iraqi media reported that Jobouri will be the first Arab governor in Kirkuk since 2003.

“According to local elections’ law, the deputy governor of Kirkuk is acting as the city’s new governor succeeding Najmaldin Karim who was dismissed upon a decision taken by the Iraqi parliament late September,” Jafaar asserted to Al-Sumaria.

He added that “Jobouri should remain in charge until a new governor is assigned by the prime minister or a new military ruler takes control of the city upon orders from the federal government in Baghdad.”