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Lebanon announced on Thursday the formation of its government, led by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and with thirty portfolios, nearly nine months after the parliamentary elections.
Among the ministers there Four women and for the first time in the history of Lebanon, one of them will lead the Interior, Raya al Hbadan, which belongs to the current of the future led by Hariri.
Portfolios are divided equally between Christians and Muslims and one of the ministers represents the six MPs affiliated with the Hezbollah Shiite group, which had hitherto prevented the formation of the cabinet because they had demanded to be present.
Defense, Justice and Economy were awarded to Elias Bou Saab, Albert Serhan and Mansur Bteishrespectively belonging to the Free Patriotic Current, founded by Lebanese President Michel Aoun and led by Gebrán Basil, who repeats in front of Foreign Affairs.
Ali Hbadan Jalil remains in the finance portfolio and a supporter of Hezbollah, Yamil Yabaq, will be Minister of Health.
Hariri said at a press conference that the new government "will face many economic and social challenges", to which is added "the regional situation and the Israeli threats", with reference to recent frictions with the neighboring country.
"The government has an agenda that can not be delayed. Solutions can not wait and you need a clear agenda, bold reforms and development laws "said the prime minister, who, according to the Lebanese constitution, must be a Sunni Muslim.
He added that project funding "exists" thanks to the "solidarity of the international community"but the executive is the one who must badume the "responsibility" to carry out his tasks with delay.
He also apologized for the delay in the formation of the executive, mission commissioned last May 24, having received the support of 111 deputies out of a total of 128 members of Parliament, in which no political force has a clear majority.
The cabinet will meet for the first time on Saturday, ending a power vacuum that has affected the country's already fragile economy, which hosts a large number of Syrian refugees (more than one million, according to the authorities) and is at the heart of regional tensions in the Middle East.
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