Nechirvan Barzani elected as KR's president

DEVELOPING: Nechirvan Barzani was elected as the new president for the Kurdistan Region, in a parliamentary session on Tuesday 28th of May.

Kurdish Premier Nechirvan Barzani Source: Getty Images Europe

Barzani was the Kurdistan Democratic Party's candidate for the post, and he received 68 votes out of 81.

The second largest Kurdish political party in the KR, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan reportedly boycotted the session  in a tit-for-tat move, as KDP refused to vote for a PUK governor for the Province of Kirkuk.

Nechirvan Barzani is the nephew of the former KR president Masoud Barzani.