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Who is Ali al-Zaidi, the businessman named as Iraq’s PM-designate?

· By Mohammad Mansour
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After months of political wrangling, Iraq’s Coordination Framework on Monday named Ali al-Zaidi, a multimillionaire business figure, as the compromise candidate of the governing Shia bloc.

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