Head of International Court of Justice named Lebanon’s new prime minister

Nawaf Salam speaks to reporters at the United Nations in 2011 (AP)

Lebanon has named the president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Nawaf Salam as its new prime minister in a move that is understood to have angered Hezbollah.

The country’s new president Joseph Aoun, who was elected last week, has asked the ICJ chief to form the country’s new government after Mr Salam was named prime minister by a large number of legislators on Monday.