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Hassan Diab Appointed Lebanon PM

Hassan Diab Appointed Lebanon PM
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By Staff, Agencies

Lebanon moved to break nearly two months of political deadlock by naming an ex-education minister as its next prime minister.

Hassan Diab, currently vice-president of Lebanon’s top university, will be tasked with building a government to tackle Lebanon’s worst economic turmoil for decades, while satisfying the demands for systemic change from its largest protest movement in 14 years.

Lebanon has been without a government since Prime Minister Saad Hariri stepped down in late October — although he and his cabinet have stayed on as caretakers. The office of Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Diab would be appointed prime minister designate on Thursday evening, with local media reporting that Diab had secured the majority of the 128-seat parliament’s votes.

The country’s sectarian governance system dictates that the position of prime minister must be filled by a Sunni Muslim. The PM designate drew support mostly from Hezbollah, as well as from its allies in parliament, including the Free Patriotic Movement [FPM], the biggest block representing a Maronite Christian party.

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