PENPIX-Ministers in new Libyan government

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TRIPOLI | Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:48pm GMT
Nov 22 (Reuters) - Libyan Prime Minister designate Abdurrahim El-Keib named his new government on Tuesday, three months after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

It features several surprise appointments that suggested the line-up was aimed at trying to soothe rivalries between regional factions.

Here are details of the ministers with major portfolios:

DEFENCE: OSAMA AL-JUWALI

Al-Juwali is the head of the military council of Zintan, the remote Libyan mountain town whose fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam on Saturday. Al-Juwali is a former teacher who later joined the military. He is also the nephew of a former Libyan deputy central bank governor.

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