Italian lawmaker Paolo Alli was elected Monday as new President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly for at least one year at the organisation's Annual Session in Turkey, taking over at the helm from US Congressman Michael R. Turner.

An electronic engineering graduate with an esteemed record in local, national and international politics, Alli was endorsed by acclamation, as the NATO PA was winding up its 62nd Annual Session in Turkey's bustling commercial hub of Istanbul.

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Source: http://www.nato-pa.int/