ICJ president Nawaf Salam named Lebanon's new prime minister
Nawaf Salam was elected president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's top court, last February/ Nawaf Salam, the president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, has been named as Lebanon's new prime minister. Two thirds of the 128 members of parliament nominated the 71-year-old judge for the post - reserved for a Sunni Muslim under a sectarian power sharing system - during consultations with newly elected President Joseph Aoun. Caretaker PM Najib Mikati got nine votes. The presidency said Salam would ...
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