In Iraq, on June 1, 2004, “Sunni leader Ghazi al-Yawar is chosen as president of the interim government that will take power on June 30, and Iyad Allawi, a Shiite leader, is chosen as prime minister; the Iraqi Governing Council thereupon disbands.”
– Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 300