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This article lists the heads of state 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.
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.
The name of Libya was changed several times during Gaddafi's tenure as leader. From 1969 to 1977, the name was the Libyan Arab Republic. In 1977, the name was changed to Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. [2] Jamahiriya was a term coined by Gaddafi, [2] usually translated as "state of the masses".
Libya had sought to improve US relations under President Jimmy Carter, for instance by courting his brother, businessman Billy Carter, and paying for the services of former CIA officers, [259] [260] but in 1979 the US placed Libya on its list of "State Sponsors of Terrorism". [261]
About a year after Gaddafi's death, the former head of foreign relations from the NTC, Rami el-Obeidi, alleged that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered Gaddafi's phone number to French intelligence, which ultimately led Gaddafi to be tracked and later killed.
Mohammed Yousef el-Magariaf (also written as Magariaf, Elmegaryaf or Almegaryaf) [1] or, as he writes on his official website, Dr. Mohamed Yusuf Al Magariaf [2] (Arabic: محمد يوسف المقريف; born 1940), is a Libyan politician who served as the President of the General National Congress from its first meeting in August 2012 until his resignation in May 2013.
The president recently told the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg many of the U.S.' European allies in the conflict had lost interest in Libya after Qaddafi was toppled in 2011, contributing to the ...
Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi (Arabic: محمد يونس المنفي; born 3 March 1976) [1] is a Libyan diplomat and politician. On 5 February 2021, he was chosen as the president of the Libyan Presidential Council at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum. [2] Previously, he had served as the Libyan Ambassador to Greece. [3]