1. Ahmed Maiteeg elected New PM of Libya
i. Businessman Ahmed Maiteeg was elected on Sunday as Libya’s new prime minister after receiving 121 votes in parliament.
ii. He was then sworn in and given two weeks to form a cabinet.
iii. His election came in the second session of the day after an earlier session failed to secure him the 120 votes needed among the 200 members for victory.
iv. Maiteeg, 42, is a businessman born in the coastal city of Misurata who studied economics in London. He is supported by the Islamist bloc in parliament, according to the broadcaster Al Arabiya.
2. Juan Carlos Varela to be new President of Panama
i. The opposition leader Juan Carlos Varela has won the Presidential election in Panama with almost 40 percent of the votes.
ii. Mr Varela, who is currently the country's Vice President, had distanced himself from President Ricardo Martinelli.
iii. The President's preferred candidate, the governing party contender Jose Domingo Arias, came second.
3. Rahul Kulshreshth appointed new Indian envoy to Turkey
i. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday appointed Rahul Kulshreshth as the next Ambassador to Turkey.
ii. Kulshreshth, a member of the 1985 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), is currently serving as the Joint Secretary at Headquarters.
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