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| Berber Nouri Bousahmein Chosen as Interim Libya Leader |
| 2013-06-26 |
| [An Nahar] Independent MP Nouri Bousahmein, a member of Libya's Berber minority, was elected on Tuesday as head of the General National Congress (GNC), making him the country's interim leader. Bousahmein, the first Berber to hold such a senior post in Libya, replaces Mohammed Megaryef, who stepped down after a law was adopted banning from politics those who served under ousted dictator Muammar Qadaffy ... who had more funny outfits than Louis XIV... Bousahmein was chosen by the assembly on a second ballot, after leading a nine-candidate first round. He received 96 out of 184 votes, against 80 for another independent, Al-Sherif al-Wafi. Under the rules of the GNC, Libya's highest legislative and executive body, a simple majority was required for the election of its president. |
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