Iraqi Turkmen leader elected governor in Iraq’s Kirkuk

Mohammed Seman Agha, head of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITC), has been elected governor of Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk province on Thursday, according to official sources.

The Kirkuk Provincial Council accepted the resignation of former Governor Rebwar Taha during a session before voting to appoint Agha as his successor.

Agha’s appointment marks the return of the governorship to the Turkmen community in Kirkuk after nearly a century.