Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi greets his supporters during an election campaign rally in Najaf, Iraq May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Few outside Iraq knew the name Haider al-Abadi in 2014 when he was plucked from relative obscurity to lead a nation in chaos.
A compromise candidate floated after his predecessor Nuri al-Maliki was sidelined in a power struggle, Abadi became prime minister in September that year, two months after Islamic State ran rampant across Iraq and declared its so-called caliphate.
