http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-04/06/article02.shtml
Following Talabani’s election as president, a new cabinet is expected to be in place by next week. (Reuters)
After delays and deliberations, members of the transitional Iraqi Parliament finally made up their mind and elected Wednesday, April 6, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country’s president, paving the way for the creation of a new government in the war-torn country by the next week.