ALJAZEERA 10 Aug 2012 Gaddafi opponent elected Libya assembly chief National Assembly chooses Mohammed Magarief, seen as moderate Islamist, to head 200-member congress. Magarief, middle, had made several attempts to put an end to the rule of the late Muammar Gaddafi Libya's national assembly has chosen Mohammed Al-Magarief, a former opposition leader, as the country's president as the North African country's newly elected congress began its rule. Magarief, leader of the National Front Party, will head the 200-member congress, which will name a prime minister, pass laws and steer Libya to full parliamentary elections after a new constitution is drafted next year. Magarief, seen as a moderate Islamist, is effectively Libya's acting head of state, but the true extent of his powers is yet to be determined. Page I 1 of 2 EFTA01180135