WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday the leaders of the ruling African National Congess had asked him to stay in his job and he was happy to serve a new president after Thabo Mbeki's ouster.
"I am happy to serve a new head of state," Manuel told a hastily-convened press conference in Washington.
Manuel said he had spoken to ANC President Jacob Zuma and his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe and they had asked him to remain as finance minister.
Motlanthe is expected to replace Mbeki as president until elections next year. (Reporting by Gordon Bell)
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