List of heads of government of Libya
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This article lists the heads of government of Libya since the country's independence in 1951.
Libya has been in a tumultuous state since the start of the Arab Spring-related Libyan crisis in 2011; the crisis resulted in the collapse of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the killing of Muammar Gaddafi, amidst the First Civil War and the foreign military intervention.[1][2][3] The crisis was deepened by the factional violence in the aftermath of the First Civil War, resulting in the outbreak of the Second Civil War in 2014.[4] The control over the country is currently split between the internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli and the rival Government of National Stability (GNS)—supported by the House of Representatives (HoR)—in Tobruk, their respective supporters, as well as various jihadist groups and tribal elements controlling parts of the country.[5][6]
Heads of government of Libya (1951–present)
Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969) | ||||||||
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| No. | Name | Portrait | Lifespan | Term of office | Political affiliation | |||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 1 | Mahmud al-Muntasir | File:Mahmud al-Muntasir2.jpg | 1903–1970 | 29 March 1951 | 19 February 1954 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister. First tenure in the office. Served in acting capacity until 24 December 1951.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 2 | Muhammad Sakizli | File:Mohammed Sakizli.jpg | 1892–1976 | 19 February 1954 | 12 April 1954 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 3 | Mustafa Ben Halim | File:Mustafa Ben Halim (cropped).jpg | 1921–2021 | 12 April 1954 | 26 May 1957 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 4 | Abdul Majid Kabar | File:Abdul Majid Kubar.JPG | 1909–1988 | 26 May 1957 | 17 October 1960 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 5 | Muhammad Osman Said | File:Muhammad Osman Said2.jpg | 1924–2007 | 17 October 1960 | 19 March 1963 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 6 | Mohieddin Fikini | File:Mohieddin Fekini.jpg | 1925–1994 | 19 March 1963 | 20 January 1964 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Mahmud al-Muntasir | File:Mahmud al-Muntasir2.jpg | 1903–1970 | 20 January 1964 | 20 March 1965 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister. Second tenure in the office.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 7 | Hussein Maziq | File:Hussein Maziq.jpg | 1918–2006 | 20 March 1965 | 2 July 1967 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 8 | Abdul Qadir al-Badri | File:Abdul Qadir al-Badri.jpg | 1921–2003 | 2 July 1967 | 25 October 1967 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 9 | Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush | File:Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush.JPG | 1933–2007 | 25 October 1967 | 4 September 1968 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 10 | Wanis al-Qaddafi | File:Wanis al-Qaddafi2.jpg | 1922–1986 | 4 September 1968 | 31 August 1969 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister. Deposed in the 1969 revolution.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
Libya under Gaddafi (1969–2011)Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977) | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 11 | Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi | File:No image.svg | 1935–2009 | 8 September 1969 | 16 January 1970 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 12 | Muammar Gaddafi | File:Moamer el Gadafi (cropped).jpg | 1942–2011 | 16 January 1970 | 16 July 1972 | Template:Age in years and days | Military / Arab Socialist Union |
| Prime Minister. Simultaneously served as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC).Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 13 | Abdessalam Jalloud | File:Abdessalam Jalloud.jpg | born 1944 | 16 July 1972 | 2 March 1977 | Template:Age in years and days | Military / Arab Socialist Union |
| Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) | ||||||||
| 14 | Abdul Ati al-Obeidi | File:Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (cropped).jpg | 1939–2023 | 2 March 1977 | 2 March 1979 | Template:Age in years years | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the General People's Committee (GPCO). Afterwards served as Secretary-General of the General People's Congress (head of state), from 1979 to 1981.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 15 | Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi | File:No image.svg | 1939–2024 | 2 March 1979 | 16 February 1984 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO. First tenure in the office.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 16 | Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab | File:No image.svg | born 1940 | 16 February 1984 | 3 March 1986 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO. Previously served as Secretary-General of the General People's Congress (head of state), from 1981 to 1984. Afterwards served as Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, from 1987 to 1990 and in 2011.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| (15)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi | File:No image.svg | 1939–2024 | 3 March 1986 | 1 March 1987 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO. Second tenure in the office. Served at the time of the 1986 United States bombing (Operation El Dorado Canyon).Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 17 | Umar Mustafa Al Muntasir | File:No image.svg | 1939–2001 | 1 March 1987[7] | 7 October 1990 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 18 | Abuzed Omar Dorda | File:No image.svg | 1944–2022 | 7 October 1990 | 29 January 1994 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO. Afterwards served as head of the Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (national intelligence service), from 2009 to 2011.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8][9] | ||||||||
| 19 | Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud | File:No image.svg | 1943–2021 | 29 January 1994 | 29 December 1997 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 20 | Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush | File:No image.svg | 1937–2016 | 29 December 1997 | 1 March 2000 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 21 | Imbarek Shamekh | File:No image.svg | born 1952 | 1 March 2000 | 14 June 2003 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO. Afterwards served as Secretary-General of the General People's Congress (head of state), from 2009 to 2010.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 22 | Shukri Ghanem | File:Shukri Ghanem 2010.jpg | 1942–2012 | 14 June 2003 | 5 March 2006[10] | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 23 | Baghdadi Mahmudi | File:2008-07-31 Багдади Махмуди.jpg | born 1945 | 5 March 2006 | 23 August 2011 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent (Islamic socialist)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Secretary-General of the GPCO. Served at the time of the First Civil War and the concurrent foreign military intervention. Deposed during the Battle of Tripoli.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
Transitional period (2011–present) | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 24 | Mahmoud Jibril | File:Mahmoud Jibril 2011 (cropped).jpg | 1952–2020 | 5 March 2011 | 23 October 2011 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister; served as Head of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Council (NTC) until 23 March 2011. In rebellion to 23 August 2011, based in Benghazi during this period.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Ali Tarhouni | File:Ali Tarhouni cropped GNC.jpg | born 1951 | 23 October 2011 | 24 November 2011 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Minister, assumed office as caretaker.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Abdurrahim El-Keib | File:El-Keib (cropped).jpg | 1950–2020 | 24 November 2011 | 14 November 2012 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Acting Prime Minister.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 25 | Ali Zeidan | File:Ali Zeidan at US State Department 2013.png | born 1950 | 14 November 2012 | 11 March 2014 | Template:Age in years and days | National Party for Development and Welfare |
| Prime Minister. Briefly kidnapped by armed militants during the 2013 coup attempt. Survived the February 2014 coup attempt.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| Following the 2014 parliamentary election, the government was split between the newly-elected House of Representatives (HoR) and the outgoing General National Congress (GNC), resulting in the Second Civil War. The 2014 elections were declared invalid by the Supreme Court in November 2014.[11]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 26 | Abdullah al-Theni | File:Abdullah al-Thani.jpg | born 1954 | 11 March 2014 | 5 April 2016 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister. In rebellion, based in Tobruk from August 2014, then in Bayda. Internationally recognized until 12 March 2016. Served in acting capacity until 8 April 2014. Survived the May 2014 coup attempt.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Ahmed Maiteeq | File:Ahmed Maiteeq.jpg | born 1972 | 25 May 2014 | 9 June 2014 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister. Appointment declared invalid by the Supreme Court.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Omar al-Hassi | File:No image.svg | born 1949 | 6 September 2014 | 31 March 2015 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister of the National Salvation Government (NSG). In rebellion, based in Tripoli.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Khalifa al-Ghawil | File:No image.svg | born 1964 | 31 March 2015 | 5 April 2016 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister of the NSG. Served in acting capacity until 1 December 2015. In rebellion, based in Tripoli.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| Following the inauguration of the Presidential Council and the Government of National Accord (GNA), the government remain split between the HoR and the NSG, recreated after the 2016 coup attempt. However, the High Council of State (HCS), based in Tripoli, recognized the GNA.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 27 | Fayez al-Sarraj | File:Fayez al-Sarraj in Washington - 2017 (38751877521) (cropped).jpg | born 1960 | 5 April 2016 | 15 March 2021 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister of the GNA, simultaneously served as the Chairman of the Presidential Council. Internationally recognized, based in Tripoli.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Khalifa al-Ghawil | File:No image.svg | born 1964 | 14 October 2016 | 16 March 2017 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister of the recreated NSG. In rebellion, based in part of Tripoli.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Abdullah al-Theni | File:Abdullah al-Thani.jpg | born 1954 | 5 April 2016 | 15 March 2021 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister of the HoR. Based in opposition in Tobruk.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | 28 | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | File:Visit of Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, to the European Commission 04 (cropped).jpg | born 1958 | 15 March 2021 | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU). Internationally recognized, based in Tripoli.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Fathi Bashagha | File:Fathi Bashagha 2021.png | born 1962 | 3 March 2022 | 16 May 2023 | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Prime Minister of the Government of National Stability (GNS), supported by the HoR. Based in opposition in Sirte.[12][13][14] Suspended by the HoR on 16 May 2023.[15]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | — | Osama Hammad | File:No image.svg | born 1979 | 16 May 2023 | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | Independent |
| Acting Prime Minister of the GNS, supported by the HoR. Designated Acting Prime Minister by the HoR after the suspension of Fathi Bashagha.[15]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
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See also
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- List of governors-general of Italian Libya
- List of heads of state of Libya
- Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
Notes
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References
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