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Lebanese lawmakers pick billionaire Najib Mikati as new PM
short by Shailesh / on Monday, 26 July, 2021
Lebanese lawmakers during parliamentary consultations on Monday picked billionaire businessman Najib Mikati as Lebanon's next Prime Minister amid an economic crisis. Of the 118 lawmakers, 72 lawmakers voted in favour of Mikati, who has been PM twice before. Since a huge blast devastated large parts of capital Beirut, Lebanon has been run by a caretaker administration for nearly a year.
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