TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's ruling national assembly picked Mohammed Magarief, leader of the National Front party, as its president on Thursday, in a vote carried out a day after it took power from the outgoing National Transitional Council.
Magarief, a long-time opponent of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, will head the 200-member congress, which will name a prime minister, pass laws and steer Libya to full parliamentary elections after a new constitution is drafted next year.
His National Front party, which won three seats in the July 7 vote for the national assembly, is an offshoot of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, an opposition movement to Gaddafi established in 1981.
The vote counting was carried out in front of reporters and was televised live. Magarief won 113 votes versus independent Ali Zidan who secured 85 votes.
The national assembly began life on Wednesday following a late-night handover ceremony, the first peaceful transition of power in Libya's modern history.
(Reporting by Ali Shuaib; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Michael Roddy)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/libyan-national-assembly-votes-magarief-president-221309406.html
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