"In this Thursday July 29, 2004, file photo, Fouad Massoum speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Kurdish politician Fouad Massoum was named Iraq's new president on Thursday, Massoum, 76, one of the founders of President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, known as PUK, accepted the position after winning two-thirds of the votes, noting the ""huge security, political and economic tasks"" facing the government. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi, File)"