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Haiti transitional council names prime minister

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Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC, on Feb. 8, 2012. [AFP]

Haiti's transitional government council on Tuesday named a new prime minister to lead the violence-hit Caribbean nation, council members said, choosing Garry Conille, who briefly served in that role from 2011 to 2012.

A member of the council told AFP that Conille was chosen in a 6-1 vote Tuesday afternoon. Council president Edgard Leblanc and member Fritz Alphonse Jean also announced Conille's selection on social media.

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