Iran Press/ Middle East: According to a statement by the Lebanese presidency, President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati signed a decree in Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to form the new government.
Earlier on Friday, two sources close to the Lebanese presidency said that Mikati would propose forming a new government to Aoun at the Baabda Presidential Palace in Beirut on Friday noon.
According to Al-Manar TV Chanel, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Mahmoud Makiya, read out the decree to form the government, which included:
Najib Mikat, Prime Minister
Saade Al-Shami, Deputy Prime Minister
Abdullah Bou Habib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
Abbas Halabi, Minister of Education and Higher Education
George Kordahi, Information Minister
Henry Khoury, Minister of Justice
George Kallas, Minister of Youth and Sports
Brigadier General Maurice Salim, Defense Minister
Issam Sharaf El-Din Chehayeb, Minister of the Displaced
Youssef Khalil, Minister of Finance
Najla Riachi, Minister of State for Administrative Development
Hector Hajjar, Minister of Social Affairs
George Bojekan, Industry Minister
Johnny Qorm, Telecommunication Minister
Walid Nassar, Tourism Minister
Bassam Mawlawi, Minister of Interior and Municipalities
Firas Al-Abyad Minister of Public Health
Walid Fayyad Minister of Energy and Water Resources
Mohamad Wissam Mortada, Minister of Culture
Nasser Yassin, Environment Minister
Mustafa Bayram, Labor Minister
Abbas Hajj Hassan, Minister of Agriculture
Ali Hamiyah, Minister of Public Works and Transport
Amin Salam, Minister of Economy and Trade
On July 26, Aoun assigned Mikati to form the government after Saad Hariri and Mustafa Adib apologized for not completing the task due to differences between the political forces.
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