Najib Makti, a Sunni Muslim and businessman, was picked by Hezbollah to be the next prime minister [Reuters]Hezbollah Picks Mikati For PM Post -- Al Jazeera
Lebanon Shia party selects billionaire Sunni businessman as its candidate.
Najib Mikati, a billionaire businessman, has emerged as Hezbollah's favoured candidate to be the next prime minister of Lebanon, in a move denounced by outgoing premier Saad Hariri.
The decision by Hezbollah comes at the beginning of consultations headed by Michel Suleiman, the president, with parliamentary groups on appointing a new prime minister, after the movement brought down the unity government earlier this month.
"It's Mikati for sure," Walid Jumblatt, leader of Lebanon's Druze community, who last week became allied with Hezbollah, told AFP news agency.
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