Governorate Council elections in the

Nineveh Governorate Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an ...

of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005, simultaneously with the national

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Results

The province is largely a mix of

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s and

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s, but there is also a significant Shi'ite presence. Despite making the vast majority, almost all Sunni Arabs boycotted the election, leading to the Kurdish party winning almost all of the seats. The council voted for the independent

Arab, Duraid Mohammed Kashmula, to continue as governor. His brother,

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, had been appointed as governor of

in 2003 by the Coalition Provisional Authority, and Duraid succeeded Usama after he was assassinated in July 2004.UNAMI Human Rights Report, June 2006
UNAMI, June 2007, accessed on 2007-08-31

References

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