UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon as the world body's special envoy to Libya, which is experiencing the worst fighting between armed factions since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
Leon will replace Tarek Mitri on Sept. 1 as head of the U.N. political mission in Libya, known as UNSMIL, Ban said in a statement.
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