Cabinet to Appoint Civil Service Council Chief on Wednesday

The cabinet is expected to appoint the new head of the Civil Service Council during a session scheduled to be held on Wednesday, several newspapers said.

Fatima Sayegh Owaidat is expected to take the helm of the Council, they said.

The cabinet, which will be chaired by President Michel Suleiman at Baabda Palace, has a 27-item agenda, including the appointment article.

Informed sources did not confirm whether the government of Premier Tammam Salam would make other appointments of civil servants.

But they told al-Joumhouria newspaper that the cabinet would approve several decisions taken by the government of former Prime Minister Najib Miqati between March 22 last year and January 15, 2014.

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