BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Monday approved for the posts of vice president the last prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist, Sunni politician Usama al-Nujaifi, former parliament speaker, and Iyad Allawi, a secular Shi'ite and former premier.
Maliki was prime minister for eight years and fought until the last minute to stay on for a third term. He stepped down in August only after coming under intense pressure from the country's Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish political blocs, along with Iran and the United States.
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