Hajem al-Hassani, current Iraqi Industry Minister and newly elected speaker of parliament, sits next to his two newly elected deputies during National Assembly meeting in Baghdad. Hajem al-Hassani (C), current Iraqi Industry Minister and the newly elected speaker of parliament sits next to his two newly elected deputies, Hussein al-Shahristani (L), a Shi'ite nuclear scientist, and Kurdish lawmaker Arif Tayfor during the National Assembly meeting in Baghdad April 3, 2005. Iraqi politicians elected al-Hassani, a Sunni Arab, to be the speaker of parliament on Sunday, ending a political impasse and taking a decisive step towards forming a government nine weeks after historic elections. REUTERS/Pool/Karim Sahib