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Tuesday 19 Jan 2016 - 19:10 Makkah mean time-9-4-1437
Libya unity government formed (AFP image)
Tripoli (IINA) – Libya's Presidency Council announced Tuesday the formation of the National Unity Government, under the UN-brokered agreement aimed at ending years of bloodshed.
The United Nations called on the country's lawmakers to endorse the new administration, after less than half of members of parliament signed up to the agreement, AFP reported.
The unity government, headed by businessman Fayez al-Sarraj, comprises of 32 ministers, the administration announced on its Facebook page.
"I congratulate Libyan people & Presidency Council on formation of Government of National Accord," UN envoy Martin Kolber wrote on Twitter.
On 17 December last year, under UN guidance, around 80 of 188 lawmakers from Libya's internationally recognized parliament and 50 of 136 members of the Tripoli-based General National Congress signed a deal on the formation of Government of National Accord.
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