Newly elected Libyan Prime Minister
Abdel Rahim al-Kib (Center)
Academic and businessman Abdul Raheem al-Keeb was elected Libya’s new interim prime minister in a flash election by the country’s new leadership on Monday. A relatively unknown figure in Tripoli with ample experience abroad, Keeb will preside over the country’s expected transition toward a constitutional democracy.Immediately after winning 26 of the 51 votes in the election, the new prime minister addressed western concerns over human rights and democracy in the post-Gaddafi era. “We guarantee that we are going to build a nation that respects human rights and does not accept the abuse of human rights. But we need time,” Keeb told in Tripoli on 31.10.2011, adding that “within the NTC, what you see is democracy in practice. This is new for us in Libya.”
