Nizar Amidi was elected President of Iraq

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: Who is Nizar Amidi, the new president of Iraq? Nizar Amidi, the new president of Iraq, has previously served as Minister of the Environment for two years in the government of Mohammad Shia al-Sudani. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan had previously nominated him for the presidency of Iraq. Nizar Amidi was the Minister of Environment in the current Iraqi government who resigned in 2024. He was born on February 6, 1968 in the city of Al-Amadiyah in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, and received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Mosul. He is fluent in Arabic and Kurdish and is a member of the leadership council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the party's political office. He held this position from 2022 to 2024, until he resigned due to party and political activities, and Peach Al-Askari was replaced. Earlier, during the presidency of Fouad Masoum, Barham Saleh, and shortly during the presidency of Abdul Latif Rashid, he was the director of the president's office. Amidi has many activities in the field of environment and pollution reduction and is one of the prominent political figures of Iraq. Amidi is an Iraqi political and government figure with more than four decades of experience in the field of diplomacy. This experience includes working at the highest levels of the Iraqi government and providing advice to the three presidents of the country, in addition to the post of Minister of the Environment. He has a long record in government administration, national agreements, constitutional governance, and international representation. He has also been able to establish a link between academic and technical expertise on the one hand and deep political-diplomatic experience and national experience in establishing an understanding between the central government and the Kurdistan region on the other. He has become proficient in managing the relationship between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and he understands the legal and political complexities of this relationship well and has been practically involved in resolving it. According to Mehr, he has strong working relations with Kurdish parties and has major political forces in Baghdad; Relations that were strengthened during his service with President Jalal Talabani, President Fouad Masoum and President Barham Saleh. He has shown a high ability to manage political differences, create agreements and maintain national unity.