Libya Congress elects rights lawyer prime minister

Published October 14, 2012 10:00pm ET



TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s Congress elected a human rights lawyer as interim prime minister on Sunday, a week after his predecessor was sacked for failing to present a Cabinet line-up that political factions could agree on.

Ali Zidan, also a former independent congressman, won 93 votes, securing a majority of those who voted in a poll to determine the country’s leader for a transitional period of around 20 months.

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