Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman has named Saad Hariri as the country's new prime minister, following parliamentary election earlier this month.
Mr Hariri's pro-Western alliance won 71 out of 128 seats in the vote, with the Hezbollah-led bloc taking the rest.
His choice as leader was confirmed when 86 MPs backed his nomination.
Mr Hariri, the son of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, must now form a cabinet from the country's polarised political factions.
The 39-year-old said he would seek to form a national unity government.
link: BBC NEWS | Middle East | Hariri named as Lebanon's new PM
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