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Lebanese parliament re-elects Nabih Berri as speaker

FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election, in Tebnin, Lebanon May 15, 2022. Lebanese Parliament/Handout via REUTER

Lebanon's new legislature narrowly elected veteran Shi'ite Muslim politician Nabih Berri for a seventh term as speaker of parliament in its first session on Tuesday.

Berri, 84, won 65 votes in the 128-member parliament, where the role of speaker is reserved for a Shi'ite Muslim under the sectarian political system.

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