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At least 23 people have died in two suicide bombs in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi, with conflicting reports about the provincial governor's fate.
Police and state TV said Anbar Governor Qassim Mohammed was dead, although his deputy said he had only been wounded.
The attacks struck in quick succession in the same street in the provincial capital.
Analysts have blamed recent attacks in Iraq on al-Qaeda trying to destabilise the country ahead of March elections.
The bombers are reported to have exploded their devices after driving what appeared to be official vehicles in to Ramadi's green zone, where government buildings are located under heavy protection.
The first bomb went off near the entrance to the provincial council.
A short time later the second bomb was detonated at the other end of the same street.
The governor was said to have been injured when the second attacker struck after he came out of his office to inspect damage from the initial blast.
Another reporter says that
Two back-to-back explosions in western Iraq's Anbar province on Wednesday killed at least eight people and wounded 20 others, including the provincial governor, the interior ministry said.
The first bomb, placed in a car, went off near the provincial council building in Ramadi city, the ministry said.
A suicide bomber then detonated explosives when people, including the governor, gathered to assess the damage, officials said.
No other details were immediately available about the governor, who was seriously wounded.
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