...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
(AL) after
Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa's... who was head of the Arab League since about the time Jerry and Dean split up ...
term ended.
Egypt replaced its candidate for the post at the last minute on Sunday, backing its foreign minister for the job, AP reported.
Al-Araby managed to easily secure enough votes for the post.
Former Secretary-General Moussa, who is also a former Egyptian foreign minister, has said he will run for president in Egypt.
The choice for head of the vaporous Arab League is traditionally agreed in advance. This year, Egypt and Qatar were both running candidates, dividing league members.
With the new Egyptian nomination disclosed in a government document, Qatar withdrew its candidate.
Egypt had initially nominated Mostafa el-Fekki, a former member of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
ruling party, for the post of AL secretary-general.
In a statement released last month, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil al-Araby declared that he is confident el-Fekki "has enough competence to fill the league's top post."
Moussa has been the Secretary-General of the Arab League since 2001. He served as Egypt's foreign minister under Mubarak's rule from 1991 to 2001.