The President of the Free Patriotic Movement, foreign minister, Jibran Bassil, issued a circular yesterday appointing Martine Najm Koteili as secretary general of the Movement. Based on the conviction in the capacities of women and their efficiency in playing successful roles in political parties and public affairs, Koteili has just begun to exercise her duties, the circular said. To recall, Koteili is a public health and development specialist, holds a master’s degree in public health from AUB and boasts extensive experience in gender and population, youth health, reproductive and sexual health and geriatrics. She is also an instructor at the Department of Health Promotion and Community Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB since February 2012. In 2017, Koteili was appointed a member in the general assembly of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) and a member in the NCLW executive bureau. (Al Mustaqbal, February 21, 2018)