The National Congress of Libya on Wednesday elected a new premier who will lead the nation for an 18-month transitional period and will deal with security and economic issues. In a second-round vote in the 200-member Congress Mustafa Abu Shagour, the current deputy prime minister, was elected to replace Premier Abdel Rahim al-Keeb. Abu Shagour, from Libya’s National Front Party, narrowly beat liberal Mahmoud Jibril by winnig 96 votes out of 200. In the first round of vote, none of the eight candidates who were running for the post secured the necessary votes to win.