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* This article was amended by the Constitutional Amendment No. (1) dated 10/02/2009. The Prime Minister shall preside over the meetings of the Council of Ministers. He shall call it into session, direct its debates, follow up the activities of Ministers and supervise the coordination of work between the various Ministries and in all executive bodies of the Federation. One of the deputies of the Prime Minister shall exercise all the powers of the Prime Minister in the event of his absence for any reason, and such by virtue of the commission of the President of the Federation, and upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister.