Tunisia premier-designate forms new government without Islamists

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(Adds details throughout on cabinet) TUNIS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid said on Friday he had formed a government without any cabinet posts for moderate Islamists after negotiations among secular party Nidaa Tounes and other smaller partners in parliament. Nidaa Tounes won the most seats in the October election, one of the last steps in Tunisia's path to full democracy after its 2011 popular uprising. Essid named Farhat Hacheni as defence minister and handed the finance portfolio to Lassaad Zarrouk, an independent eco**mist and director of an insurance company. Taieb Baccouche, a leading member of Nidaa Tounes, will be foreign minister.

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