ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Members of Nineveh provincial council convened on Monday, electing Sunni politician Abdulqadir al-Dakhil as the governor of the province. Dakhil became acting governor of Nineveh in November when former governor Najim al-Jabouri resigned from the position due to his alleged past links to Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath regime. Nearly two months after the Iraqi local elections, Nineveh provincial council held its first meeting to form the local government. Dakhil from the Nineveh for its People alliance, which won most votes in December polls, was elected the governor of the Sunni province. “Regarding planning and construction, we have a number of significant projects to make Nineveh the city of services,” he told Rudaw after his election. “You will see the outcome of the changes in the near future,” he added. Ahmed al-Hasud was elected as the head of the provincial council and Mohammed al-Jabouri as his deputy. All of the newly-elected officials are Arab. Rudaw has learned that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has been promised the position of deputy governor.
