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...wrangling, Nūrī Kamāl al-Mālikī of the Shīʿite party Islamic Daʿawah formed a coalition government that included both Arabs and Kurds. Kurdish leader Jalāl al-Talabānī, who was reelected as president in April 2006, nominated al-Mālikī as head of the new government, which was sworn in on May 20, 2006.
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