Lebanese President Names Billionaire Mikati to Form Cabinet

Beirut is scrambling to form a government as crisis deepens
Saad Hariri quit premier post after spat with the president

Michel Aoun, left, meets with Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on July 26.Photographer: Dalati Nohra/AP Photo

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By Dana Khraiche

July 25, 2021 at 4:36 PM UTC

Updated on

July 26, 2021 at 3:01 PM UTC

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Lebanon’s president tasked Najib Mikati, a billionaire businessman and former premier, with forming a new government, the third attempt in less than a year as the country scrambles to escape a spiraling economic crisis.