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Lebanon President Tasks Hassan Diab With Forming New Government

Lebanon President Tasks Hassan Diab With Forming New Government

(Bloomberg) -- Lebanon’s president tapped Hassan Diab, a former education minister, to form a new government that will be tasked with leading the country out of the worst financial and political crisis in years.

President Michel Aoun will meet with Diab to discuss the designation, a spokesman for the presidential palace told reporters.

To contact the reporter on this story: Dana Khraiche in Beirut at dkhraiche@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Lin Noueihed at lnoueihed@bloomberg.net

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