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Mustafa Abushagur speaks at a news conference in Tripoli December 4, 2011.
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By Ali Shuaib and Marie-Louise Gumuchian
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Wed Oct 3, 2012 4:21pm EDT
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abushagur nominated his cabinet on Wednesday for approval by the national congress, presenting a line-up that excluded the North African country's leading liberal coalition.
Abushagur, elected prime minister by the congress on September 12, has said he wants to build a coalition government with a "geographical balance" in a country where regional rivalries are still rife.
His transitional government will take over from an interim administration in which he was deputy prime minister and which was appointed in November, following last year's overthrow of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
The line-up is said to include several members of the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. There are no candidates from the National Forces Alliance (NFA), Ibrahim al-Gharyani, head of the liberal coalition in congress, told Reuters.
In a televised session, Abushagur presented more than 20 government ministers, but said the post of foreign minister had yet to be filled and he would act in that capacity for now.
The congress will vote on the list name by name on Thursday and the appointees could still change. A spokesman said Abushagur could propose alternatives until Sunday if any choices are rejected.
Many of the names submitted are unknown. There is only one woman in the cabinet, as the proposed social affairs minister.
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Abushagur nominated Mabrouk Issa Abu Harroura, known to have worked for Libya's Zueitina Oil Company as well as in the oil sector abroad, as the new oil minister. Many industry officials had expected interim Oil Minister Abdulrahman Ben Yazza to stay in the job.
He also picked three deputy prime ministers - one from the western mountain town of Zintan, one from the south and the third from the east - in a move which could be seen to placate regional rivalries.
He nominated Omar al-Aswad as interior minister while Abdelsalam Jadallah al-Obeidi was nominated as defense minister. A former military officer from Benghazi, Obeidi defected early in last year's uprising against Gaddafi.
As finance minister, Abushagur named Abdallah Shamia, a former prisoner under Gaddafi when he was part of the then-underground Muslim Brotherhood movement in Libya. Shamia has taught economics at Benghazi university.
The NFA, led by wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril, has 39 out of the 80 party seats in the 200-member assembly. The remaining 120 seats are in the hands of independents.
NFA spokesman Hamuda Siala said the coalition, which had called for nine ministries and the inclusion of its program in the next government, would still support Abushagur's cabinet "as long as it aims to serve Libya's national interest, improve security and boost development".
Faisal al-Krekshi, previously NFA secretary general, was nominated as health minister. Abushagur has kept several ministers from the interim administration in which he was deputy prime minister, including Education Minister Suleiman al-Sahli.
Congress member Ahmed Mohammed Buni said some congress members were calling for more details about the candidates as so many were unknown. "Abushagur said he would use standards of integrity, transparency when he presented his government line-up, but we haven't seen their CVs yet," he said.
As government chief, Abushagur will be responsible for the day-to-day running of Libya's oil-based economy while the national congress elected in July passes laws and helps draft a new constitution for the North African state. It will be put to a national referendum next year.
(Reporting by Ali Shuaib; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Michael Roddy)
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