According to Kurdpress, Mohammad Samaan was elected as the new governor of Kirkuk and Ribwar Taha from the faction of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is going to be appointed as his deputy. Also, other changes will be made in the administrative structure of the province.

Rodav wrote: After the resignation of Ribwar Taha from the position of Kirkuk governor, Mohammad Samaan, head of the Turkmen Front, was elected as the new governor with a majority of votes in the meeting of the provincial council (without the presence of the faction of the Kurdistan Democratic Party).

Simultaneously with these changes, Yavez Hamid, the first deputy governor from the Turkmen quota, left his position before the resignation of Ribwar Taha.

Ribwar Taha has been offered the position of deputy governor, but it is not yet clear whether he will accept this offer or not.

Ahmad Ramzi, a member of the Kirkuk Provincial Council from the Turkmen Front, confirmed this issue and said that there is an agreement to appoint Ribwar Taha as the deputy governor.

In the administrative and security departments of the city, three Kurdish candidates have been nominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Today, Thursday, April 16, Avista Mohammad was appointed as the governor of Kirkuk center instead of Falah Yaichi.

The other two positions have not yet been voted on:

Adnan Hossein for Daqoq governor and Nashat Shahvaiz for Kirkuk police commander.

These developments occur while the governor and chairman of the provincial council were elected in Baghdad on October 10, 2024, without the presence of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Turkmen Front.

In Kirkuk Provincial Council (16 seats): The Patriotic Union has 5 seats, the Democratic Party has 2 seats, the Arabs have 6 seats, the Turkmens have 2 seats, and the Christians have 1 seat.

Who is Mohammad Samaan?

He was born in 1982 and in 2023 he worked as the director of the Pension and Social Security Administration.

He has two bachelor's degrees in Turkish language and science.