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Kirkuk governor vows to resign if Turkmen candidate is appointed

Kirkuk, Iraq ·

Kirkuk Governor and Minister of State Mohammed Samaan Aghare said on Wednesday that he remains committed to a political agreement rotating the governorship among the province's ethnic and religious communities. He told reporters he would resign if the provincial council convenes and selects a Turkmen candidate under the agreed timetable.

Kirkuk is an oil-rich province in northern Iraq with Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen communities, and the governorship has been the subject of power-sharing arrangements among them.

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