VOL. XLIII

No. 44

30-OCTOBER-2000

LEBANON

Hariri Forms New Cabinet

Lebanons Prime Minister Designate, Rafiq al-Hariri, on 26 October named a new cabinet of 29 ministers, composed mainly of politicians although also including some technocrats. President Emile Lahoud had asked Mr Hariri to form the new government following the gains made by the pro-Hariri candidates in the parliamentary elections which where held in late August and early September. Mr Hariri described his new cabinet as a government...