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Major General Bajram Begaj
ALBANIA’S parliament voted in a top military official as the country’s new president on Saturday.
Major General Bajram Begaj, who was nominated by the ruling Socialist Party, was elected after three rounds of voting with 78 in favour of his appointment, four against and one abstention.
Most of the opposition parties boycotted the poll in the 140-seat parliament claiming the nomination process was “irregular.”
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