5 May 2014
A view from the press room as reporters in Tripoli watch a live feed of Libyan members of parliament deciding between two candidates for the post of prime minister at the parliament the capital on 4 May. (AFP)
<p><span>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.</span></p><p>"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.</p><p>The appointment makes the 42-year-old businessman Libya's youngest and fifth premier since long-time autocrat Muammar Gaddafi was toppled and killed in a 2011 uprising.</p>
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