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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Libya)

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Field	Value
post	Minister
body	Foreign Affairs
native_name	وزيرة الخارجية
flag	Seal of the Government of National Unity (Libya).svg
image	Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (15-04-2021).jpg
incumbent	Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
acting	yes
incumbentsince	3 September 2023 (during suspension of Najla El Mangoush)
department	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
style	Mr. Minister (currently)
Miss. Minister (Not at the moment)
type	Minister of Foreign Affairs
member_of	Cabinet of Libya
reports_to	Prime Minister
seat	Tripoli, Libya
termlength	No fixed term
At the Prime Minister's behest
formation
first	Ali Jerbi
website	www.foreign.gov.ly

Miss. Minister (Not at the moment) At the Prime Minister's behest

This is a list of foreign ministers of Libya.

Names

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.

List of foreign ministers

Portrait	Name	Lifespan	Term of office	Prime Minister	Portrait	Name	Lifespan	Term of office	Secretary of General
People's Committee	Portrait	Name	Lifespan	Term of office	Prime Minister	Portrait	Name	Lifespan	Term of office	Prime Minister	Portrait	Name	Lifespan	Term of office	Prime Minister
[[File:Ali Jerbi.jpg	60px]]	Ali Jerbi	1903–1969	29 March 1951 – 24 December 1951	Mahmud al-Muntasir
[[File:Mahmud al-Muntasir2.jpg	60px]]	Mahmud al-Muntasir	1903–1970	24 December 1951 – 19 February 1954	Mahmud al-Muntasir
[[File:Mohammed Sakizli.jpg	60px]]	Muhammad Sakizli	1892–1976	19 February 1951 – 11 April 1954	Muhammad Sakizli
	Abdul Salam al-Buseiri	1898–1978	11 April 1954 – 3 December 1954	Mustafa Ben Halim
[[File:Mustafa Ben Halim.jpg	60px]]	Mustafa Ben Halim	1921– 2021	3 December 1954 – 30 October 1956
	Ali Sahli	1924–2004	30 October 1956 – 14 March 1957
[[File:Abdul Majid Kubar.JPG	60px]]	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
[[File:Abdul Majid Kubar.JPG	60px]]	Abdul Majid Kubar
(2nd time)	1909–1988	11 October 1958 – 16 October 1960
[[File:Abdul Qadir al Allam.jpg	60px]]	Abdul Qadir al-Allam	1919–2003	16 October 1960 – 3 May 1961	Muhammad Osman Said
	Suleiman Jerbi	?	3 May 1961 – 27 January 1962
[[File:Wanis al-Qaddafi2.jpg	60px]]	Wanis al-Qaddafi
(1st time)	1924–1986	27 January 1962 – 6 March 1963
	Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir	1930–1999	6 March 1963 – 19 March 1963
[[File:Mohieddin Fekini.jpg	60px]]	Mohieddin Fikini	1925–1994	19 March 1963 – 22 January 1964	Mohieddin Fikini
[[File:Hussein Maziq2.jpg	60px]]	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
[[File:Ahmad Bishti.JPG	60px]]	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)
[[File:Wanis al-Qaddafi2.jpg	60px]]	Wanis al-Qaddafi
(2nd time)	1924–1986	4 January 1968 – 4 September 1968	Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
[[File:Shams ad Din Orabi.jpg	60px]]	Shams ad-Din Orabi	died 2009	4 September 1968 – June 1969	Wanis al-Qaddafi
	Ali Hussnein	1925–2018	June 1969 – 31 August 1969
[[File:Salah Buisir.jpg	60px]]	Salah Busir	1925–1973	1969–1970	Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi
[[File:Mohammed Najm.jpg	60px]]	Mohammed Najm	1943–2016	1970–1972	Muammar Gaddafi
	Mansour Rashid El-Kikhia	1931– 1993	1972–1973	Abdessalam Jalloud
	Abdul Monem el Houni	?	1974–1975
[[File:Ali Treki.JPG	60px]]	Ali Treki
(1st time)	1938–2015	1976–1977
Secretaries of the People's Committee for External Communication
[[File:Ali Treki.JPG	60px]]	Ali Treki	1938–2015	1977–1982	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
(1977–1979)
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
(1979–1982)
[[File:Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
(1st time)	1939–2023	1982–1984	Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
[[File:Ali Treki.JPG	60px]]	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	1939–2024	1987–1990	Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
	Ibrahim al Bishari	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)
[[File:Abdel Rahman Shalgham.jpg	60px]]	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	born 1949	2000–2009	Imbarek Shamekh
(2000–2003)
Shukri Ghanem
(2003–2006)
Baghdadi Mahmudi
(2006–2009)
[[File:MussaKussa.jpg	60px]]	Moussa Koussa	born 1950	2009–2011	Baghdadi Mahmudi
[[File:Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
(2nd time)	1939–2023	2011
[[File:Mahmoud Jibril (World Economic Forum Special Meeting 2011).jpg	60px]]	Mahmoud Jibril	1952–2020	23 March 2011 – 23 November 2011	Mahmoud Jibril
[[File:Ashour Bin Khayal cropped.jpg	60px]]	Ashour Bin Khayal	born 1939	24 November 2011 – 14 November 2012	Abdurrahim El-Keib
[[File:Libyscher Außenminister cropped (8531146192).jpg	60px]]	Mohamed Abdelaziz	born 1952	14 November 2012 – 28 September 2014	Ali Zeidan
(2012–2014)
Abdullah al-Thani
(2014)
[[File:70. UN Generalversammlung (21797538816) Mohammed al-Dairi.jpg	60px]]	Mohammed al-Dairi	born 1952	28 September 2014 – 28 February 2019	Abdullah al-Thani
	Abdulhadi Elhweg	born 1971	28 February 2019 – 15 March 2021
[[File:Mohamed Taha Siala May 2017 (34270298941).jpg	60px]]	Mohamed Taha Siala	born 1943	30 March 2016 – 15 March 2021	Fayez al-Sarraj
[[File:Libyan Foreign Minister Mangoush.jpg	60px]]	Najla Mangoush	born 1970	15 March 2021 – 28 August 2023 (Suspended)	Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
	Fathallah al-Zani (Acting)	born 1985	28 August 2023 – 3 September 2023
[[File:Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (15-04-2021).jpg	60px]]	Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (Acting)	born 1958	3 September 2023 – Present

Notes

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.

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

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