TRIPOLI, Libya

Libya’s High Council of State on Monday re-elected Khaled Al-Mishri as its head for a fifth term.

Al-Mishri obtained 65 votes out of 118, while his rival, Al-Ajili Abu Sedil, came second with 50 votes in a second round of voting, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Three council members abstained from voting.

Five candidates had taken part in the first round of voting in which Al-Mishri got 45 votes and Abu Sedil won 34 votes.

Members of the High Council of State serve in their posts for one year.

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat