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Lawmakers endorse centre-left Cerar as Slovenian PM


    LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Parliament in Slovenia voted in law professor Miro Cerar as prime minister on Monday, handing the centre-left political novice the task of fixing the euro zone member's shaky finances.

    Winner of a July snap election, Cerar has indicated he may re-work a plan to cut Slovenia's budget deficit and disentangle the state from the economy, which was agreed with the European Union after the ex-Yugoslav republic narrowly avoided an international bailout for its debt-laden banks late last year.

    Cerar, 51, is wrapping up coalition talks with the pensioners' party Desus and the centre-left Social Democrats and has 15 days to present his cabinet for parliamentary approval.

    (Reporting by Marja Novak; Editing by Matt Robinson)