Shafaq News– Nineveh
Eleven candidates have applied for the post of first deputygovernor in Nineveh Province, while 32 candidates submitted applications tocompete for the position of second deputy governor, a source told Shafaq Newson Sunday.
According to the source, the Provincial Council decided toextend the nomination period until the end of official working hours on January20, after one political bloc failed to reach a final agreement on its nominee.
Both the first and second deputy governor posts becamevacant after their holders won seats in the recent parliamentary elections,prompting a new round of competition for the province’s senior executivepositions.
The position of Mosul Qaimaqam (district head) has not yetbeen settled, the source added, noting that no new names have been formally putforward. He explained that names currently circulating remain unofficial, withthe possibility that candidates could be approved during the upcoming sessiondesignated to select the first and second deputy governors.