 The council elected SCIRI member Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie as governor.The council voted for the independent Sunni Arab, Duraid Kashmoula, to continue as governor.His brother, Usama Yousif Kashmula, had been appointed as governor of Nineveh Governorate in 2003 by the Coalition Provisional Authority, and Duraid succeeded Usama after he was assassinated in July 2004.