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Lebanese former minister Tammam Salam gestures to his supporters in front of his house while going to the presidential palace in Baabda, Beirut April 6, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
by Hussein Shobokshi | Apr 12, 2013 | Opinion
The Lebanese people breathed a huge sigh of relief after Tammam Salam was named Lebanon’s prime minister designate, tasked with forming a new government. Tammam Salam’s appointment as prime minister was approved by President Michel Suleiman. He was appointed thanks to...
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File photo of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam. (REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi)
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Apr 11, 2013 | Opinion
Numbers do not lie. Lebanon’s prime minister designate, Tammam Salam, who is tasked with forming the country’s next government, obtained a record number of votes—124 out of a total of 128—from MPs during the constitutionally mandated consultations carried out by...
