Just the guy Comrade Obama wants in charge in Iraq. A former communist and now radical leftist. All hail dear Leader. His choices are always spot on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouad_Massoum
Yes, he’s a radical leftist, but it also read that he was sympathetic to miss and is buddies with Erdogan, an Islamist who also just got reelected (with a very low turnout...are the Turks scared of him?).
I have read your Wiki link and I think you are exagerating the problem. Here is what it says about his Communism.
“Masum joined the Iraqi Communist Party in 1962, until 1964, where he travelled to Syria to meet the Communist Party secretary there, Khalid Bakdash.[4] After Masum discovered Bakdash’s attitudes against the Kurds, he quit the party to join the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK).[7]”
He has been totaly involved with Kurdish politics and issues ever since. In 1962 he was 24. He is now 76 and may be more sensible now. By all means read the link for more info.