Mohamed al-Megaryef, a staunch opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's overthrown regime who is seen as being pro-Islamist, was elected president of Libya's new national assembly late Thursday.
Megaryef, who had led the Libyan National Salvation Front, which grouped exiled opponents of Kadhafi, won with 113 votes in the General National Congress (GNC) against liberal independent Ali Zidane, who got 85.
Libya's National Transitional Council on Wednesday handed power to the new assembly, in a symbolic move marking a peaceful transition following the overthrow of Kadhafi's 40-year dictatorship in an uprising last year.
Megaryef, born in 1940 in the eastern city of Benghazi, was elected to the GNC under the flag of his grouping, renamed the National Front Party. The poll for leadership of the new body was broadcast live on Libyan television.
The 200 GNC members were continuing their meeting to elect two vice-presidents.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pro-islamist-elected-libya-assembly-chief-225749754.html
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