Title: President of Iraq
Content:  The president of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution". The president is elected by the Council of Representatives by a two-thirds majority, and is limited to two four-year terms. The president is responsible for ratifying treaties and laws passed by the Council of Representatives, issues pardons on the recommendation of the prime minister, and performs the "duty of the Higher Command of the armed forces for ceremonial and honorary purposes". Since the mid-2000s, the presidency is primarily a symbolic office, as the position does not possess significant power within the country according to the October 2005-adopted constitution. The current president is Barham Salih since 2 October 2018.
Title: Barham Salih
Content:  Barham Salih (بەرھەم ساڵح; برهم صالح; born 12 September 1960) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who is the 8th president of Iraq. He is the former prime minister of the Kurdistan Region and a former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government. He was elected and assumed office as the President of Iraq on 2 October 2018.
Title: Fuad Masum
Content:  In 2014, he was elected by the parliament representatives as the seventh president of Iraq. Masum won 211 votes while his closest competitor, Barham Salih, a former Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region from October 2009 to April 2012, only received 17. The decision was made during a secret vote of Kurdish MPs, who traditionally have control over the presidency for the sake of political balance. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was present in Iraq when the decision was made, meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about the need for a more inclusive government. Masum accepted the position, noting the "huge security, political and economic tasks" he faces as president. On 26 August, Masum appointed 
Title: Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
Content:  On 31 December 2006, one day after Saddam Hussein's execution by hanging, a previously unknown group called the Baghdad Citizens Gathering publicly issued a statement in Amman, Jordan, at the Jordanian Regional Branch of the Ba'ath Party endorsing Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri as the new president of Iraq and the party's secretary-general following Saddam's death. The statement referred to Iraqis killed in the 1980–88 war with Iran, the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait and the 13 years of sanctions afterwards, and went on to say, "We vow to liberate our country from the heinous criminals, neo-Zionists and the Persians in order to restore Iraq's unity". The party's armed wing since 
Title: 2018 in Iraq
Content: Presidents: Fuad Masum (until 2 October) Barham Salih (since 2 October) ; Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi ; Vice President: Nouri al-Maliki, Usama al-Nujayfi, Ayad Allawi 
Title: Lakhdar Brahimi
Content:  selecting as Iraq's new interim President and Prime Minister: Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer and Iyad Allawi, respectively. However, Brahimi expressed serious disappointment and frustration about his role. "Bremer is the dictator of Iraq, He has the money. He has the signature. ... I will not say who was my first choice, and who was not my first choice ... I will remind you that the Americans are governing this country." According to a person who spoke with him, "He was very disappointed, very frustrated," al Dulame said. "I asked him why he didn't say that publicly (and) he said, 'I am the U.N. envoy to Iraq, how can 
Title: Outline of Iraq
Content: Head of state: President of Iraq, Fuad Masum ; Head of government: Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi ; Council of Ministers of Iraq 
Title: Jay Garner
Content:  Kurdistan, Abdul Aziz Al Hakim was appointed as the leader of the Supreme Assembly for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Ahmad Chalabi was chosen to represent the Iraqi National Congress and Iyad Allawi was appointed as the leader of the Iraqi National Accord. Garner's selection caused quite a stir amongst many Iraqis. Although many Iraqis were open to the change that Garner and the U.S. were bringing to Iraq, others were resentful. Iraqis with a Shi'a background felt underrepresented in Garner's selection for government. Three of the five officials appointed as key members in Iraq's new government were of Sunni background, one official was from a 
Title: Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Content:  the execution of Saddam Hussein, Deputy Leader of the Iraqi-cell of the Iraqi-led Ba'ath Party and former Vice President of Iraq Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri became a leading candidate to succeed him as Leader of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. Ad-Douri had taken over the running of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party following Saddam Hussein's capture in 2003 and had been endorsed by a previously unknown group calling itself Baghdad Citizens Gathering. On 3 January 2007 the website of the banned Iraqi Ba'ath Party confirmed that he was new leader of the party. Increasing Syrian influence in the Iraqi Ba'ath Party may well have a major effect on result in a fragmentation of Ba'athist parts of the insurgency.
Title: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
Content: Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (Leader of the SCIRI from 1982 to 2003) ; Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (Leader of the ISCI and the United Iraqi Alliance from 2003 to 2009) ; Haaris Aziz (Leader of the ISCI since 2009) ; Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Vice President and Prime Minister of Iraq) ; Hadi Al-Amiri (Head of Badr Organization and Iraq parliament member) ; Baqir Jabr al-Zubeidi (Iraq minister of finance) ; Riad Ghareeb (Iraq minister of municipalities and public works) ; Mahmoud al-Radi (Iraq minister of labour and social affairs) ; Akram al-Hakim (Iraq minister of state for the national dialogue affairs) ; Mohammad Jassem Khodayyir (Ex. Minister for Immigration) ; Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir (Head of the United Iraqi Alliance parliamentary bloc (2009–2010)) ; Humam Hamoudi (Iraq parliament member) ; Ridha Jawad Taqi (Iraq parliament member) ; Iman al-Asadi (Iraq parliament member) 

Question: Verify the following claims with "True" or "False": I emphasized that Iraq's leader is not Richard P. Homrighausen.
Answer: True