Senior Lebanese cenbank official proposed as finance minister in new cabinet - sources

Senior Lebanese central bank official Youssef Khalil is to be named finance minister in the proposed new cabinet line-up that Prime Minister-designate is bringing to the presidential palace on Friday, sources said.

The foreign ministry post is proposed for Abdallah Abu Habib, Lebanon's former ambassador to Washington, they said.

Mikati told a local media outlet earlier on Friday a government would be announced in the afternoon. (Reporting By Laila Bassam; writing By Maha El Dahan; Editing by Andrew Heavens)