lebanon’s new parliament on Wednesday elected speaker Nabih Berri to a sixth consecutive term, making him one of the longest-serving parliamentary heads in the world.
His election came after the country’s May 6 parliamentary poll, the first in nine years after the deeply divided legislature, elected in 2009, repeatedly extended its own term.
Today, the body met for the first time since the poll, to elect its speaker to a four-year term. Few expected any surprises: the only candidate was incumbent Berri, a savvy politician from the country’s south who has held the position since 1992.