Libya appoints prime minister

LIBYA’S interim rulers yesterday elected academic Abdel Rahim al-Kib to head a transitional government as NATO was set to end an air campaign that played a major role in ousting Muammar Gaddafi.

Kib, a native of Tripoli, was elected prime minister in a public vote carried out by the members of the National Transitional Council.

The little-known academic who specialises in electrical engineering beat four other candidates, winning 26 out of 51 votes.