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Monday, July 26, 2021
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Monday, July 26, 2021
Lebanese lawmakers pick Najib Mikati as new prime minister
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun, left, meets with former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, July 26, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)
Lebanese lawmakers vote to designate billionaire businessman Najib Mikati as prime minister, tasked with forming a government and ending a year-long political impasse that has aggravated the country’s financial crisis.
Mikati, a two-time premier who was last in power in 2014, clinches a clear majority of 72 votes from lawmakers who sat for consultations with the president.
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