Minister of Foreign Affairs (Libya)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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وزيرة الخارجية | |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | Mr. Minister (Not at the moment) Miss. Minister (currently) |
Type | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Member of | Cabinet of Libya |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Seat | Tripoli, Libya |
Term length | No fixed term At the Prime Minister's behest |
Formation | 29 March 1951 |
First holder | Ali Jerbi |
Website | www.foreign.gov.ly |
This is a list of foreign ministers of Libya.
There are some notes which should be mentioned about this list:
- Title of foreign minister varies depending on political regime. For example, during the Jamahiriya era (1977–2011), the title was Secretary of People's Committee for Foreign Communication and International Cooperation.
- Despite that the list shown on website of Libyan foreign ministry are one of the sources used in this list, it omits some ministers, like Shams ad-Din Orabi, and Ali Hassanein, between Ahmad Bishti, and Salah Busir.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Libya
Libyan provisional government (pre-independence, 1951) | ||||
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Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Term of office | Prime Minister |
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Ali Jerbi | 1903–1969 | 29 March 1951 – 24 December 1951 | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969) | ||||
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Mahmud al-Muntasir | 1903–1970 | 24 December 1951 – 19 February 1954 | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
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Muhammad Sakizli | 1892–1976 | 19 February 1951 – 11 April 1954 | Muhammad Sakizli |
Abdul Salam al-Buseiri | 1898–? | 11 April 1954 – 3 December 1954 | Mustafa Ben Halim | |
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Mustafa Ben Halim | 1921– 2021 | 3 December 1954 – 30 October 1956 | |
Ali Sahli | 1924–2004 | 30 October 1956 – 14 March 1957 | ||
Abdul Majid Kubar (1st time) |
1909–1988 | 14 March 1957 – 26 May 1957 | ||
Wahbi al-Bouri (1st time) |
1916–2010 | 26 May 1956 – 11 October 1958 | Abdul Majid Kubar | |
Abdul Majid Kubar (2nd time) |
1909–1988 | 11 October 1958 – 16 October 1960 | ||
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Abdul Qadir al-Allam | 1919–2003 | 16 October 1960 – 3 May 1961 | Muhammad Osman Said |
Suleiman Jerbi | ? | 3 May 1961 – 27 January 1962 | ||
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Wanis al-Qaddafi (1st time) |
1924–1986 | 27 January 1962 – 6 March 1963 | |
Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir | died 1999 | 6 March 1963 – 19 March 1963 | ||
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Mohieddin Fikini | 1926–1994 | 19 March 1963 – 22 January 1964 | Mohieddin Fikini |
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Hussein Maziq | 1918–2006 | 22 January 1964 – 20 March 1965 | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Wahbi al-Bouri (2nd time) |
1916–2010 | 20 March 1965 – 2 October 1965 | Hussein Maziq | |
Ahmad Bishti | born 1927 | 2 October 1965 – 4 January 1968 | Hussein Maziq (1965–1967) Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1967) Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (1967–1968) | |
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Wanis al-Qaddafi (2nd time) |
1924–1986 | 4 January 1968 – 4 September 1968 | Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush |
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Shams ad-Din Orabi | died 2009 | 4 September 1968 – June 1969 | Wanis al-Qaddafi |
Ali Hassanein | 1925–2018 | June 1969 – 31 August 1969 | ||
Libya under Gaddafi (1969–2011)Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977) | ||||
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Salah Busir | 1925–1973 | 1969–1970 | Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi |
Mohamed Najm | ? | 1970 | Muammar Gaddafi | |
Mansour Rashid El-Kikhia | 1931–c. 1993 | 1972–1973 | Abdessalam Jalloud | |
Abdul Monem el Houni | ? | 1974–1975 | ||
Ali Treki (1st time) |
1938–2015 | 1976–1977 | ||
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) | ||||
Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Term of office | Secretary of General People's Committee |
Secretaries of the People's Committee for External Communication | ||||
Ali Treki | 1938–2015 | 1977–1982 | Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1977–1979) Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (1979–1982) | |
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Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1st time) |
born 1939 | 1982–1984 | Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi |
Ali Treki (2nd time) |
1938–2015 | 1984–1986 | Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab | |
Kamel Maghur | 1935–2002 | 1986–1987 | Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi | |
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi | born 1939 | 1987–1990 | Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir | |
Ibrahim al Bishari | c. 1942–1997 | 1990–1992 | Abuzed Omar Dorda | |
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir | 1939–2001 | 1992–2000 | Abuzed Omar Dorda (1992–1994) Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud (1994–1997) Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (1997–2000) | |
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Abdel Rahman Shalgham | born 1949 | 2000–2009 | Imbarek Shamekh (2000–2003) Shukri Ghanem (2003–2006) Baghdadi Mahmudi (2006–2009) |
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Moussa Koussa | born 1950 | 2009–2011 | Baghdadi Mahmudi |
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Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (2nd time) |
born 1939 | 2011 | |
Transitional period (2011–2021) | ||||
Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Term of office | Prime Minister |
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Mahmoud Jibril | 1952–2020 | 23 March 2011 – 23 November 2011 | Mahmoud Jibril |
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Ashour Bin Khayal | born 1939 | 24 November 2011 – 14 November 2012 | Abdurrahim El-Keib |
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Mohamed Abdelaziz | born c. 1952 | 14 November 2012 – 28 September 2014 | Ali Zeidan (2012–2014) Abdullah al-Thani (2014) |
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Mohammed al-Dairi | born 1952 | 28 September 2014 – 28 February 2019 | Abdullah al-Thani |
Abdulhadi Elhweg | born 1971 | 28 February 2019 – 15 March 2021 | Abdullah al-Thani | |
Government of National Accord (2016–2021) | ||||
Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Term of office | Prime Minister |
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Mohamed Taha Siala | born 1943 | 30 March 2016 – 15 March 2021 | Fayez al-Sarraj |
Government of National Unity (2021–present) | ||||
Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Term of office | Prime Minister |
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Najla Mangoush | born 1970 | 15 March 2021 – Present | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh |
References
- Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, "Libia bain al Madi wal Hadir: Safahat men at Tarikh as Siyasi", 4 vols., Markaz ad Dirasat al Libiya, Oxford, 2004.
- Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 3, 1st ed., 2012.
- Libyan Foreign Ministry-List of Foreign Ministers (Arabic)
- http://rulers.org/fm3.html