Overview
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has selected the former Iraqi president for the role, according to multiple reports.
- The United Nations says the nomination is still in progress and must go to the General Assembly before any announcement.
- If confirmed, Saleh would succeed Filippo Grandi at the end of December.
- The choice would depart from the agency’s tradition of European leadership.
- Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was not retained after months of campaigning, with French reports saying she had support from President Emmanuel Macron.