The
speaker of Libya's General National Congress confirmed Ahmed
Miitig as the country's prime minister Monday, after approving his appointment following a chaotic session of the interim parliament. "Ahmed Omar
Miitig was appointed head of the transitional government, and asked to form his cabinet and present it to the GNC for a confidence vote within 15 days," said the text of a decision signed by
speaker Nuri Abu Sahmein. The appointment would make the Islamist-backed
Miitig Libya's youngest and fifth
premier since long-time autocrat Moamer Kadhafi was toppled and killed in a 2011 uprising A deputy, Tahar al-Mokni, told AFP the decision to name the 42-year-old businessman as
premier had been signed by Abu Sahmein, who did **t attend a Sunday night session of the GNC to vote on his appointment.
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