Diplomatic, Administrative Appointments on Cabinet Agenda on Tuesday

The cabinet is set to make diplomatic appointments on Tuesday after Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour abided by conditions set by President Michel Suleiman to name three persons for each post and allow the government to choose.

Ministerial sources told An Nahar daily published Monday that putting the appointments on the 48-item agenda of the cabinet came after Suleiman conditioned the minister to propose three candidates for each vacant post.

According to the newspaper, Mansour suggested Ambassadors Mohammed al-Hajjar, Mustafa Hamdan and Wafiq al-Ruhaimi to the post of the secretary-general of the foreign ministry.

Al-Ruhaimi will most likely be appointed, An Nahar said.

Mansour also suggested three other Ambassadors for the post of director of political affairs at the foreign ministry. They are Charbel Aoun, Charbel Wehbeh, who will most probably be chosen, and Sylvie Fadlallah, the daily added.

Another important item on the agenda of the cabinet that is set to convene at Baabda palace, is the formation of a financial market authority in accordance with a law adopted by parliament on August 14.

The authority would be led by Central Bank governor Riyad Salameh and made up of six members. The cabinet is set to name three of them.