Political Leaders: Libya

Leaders of Libya
(Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

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Party: ASU: Arab Socialist Union (single party 1971-1976)

Heads of State

King
Muhammad Idris I as-Sanusi   24 Dec 1951 -  1 Sep 1969 (+1983) 

Chairman of the (military) Revolutionary Command Council
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi   1 Sep 1969 -  1 Mar 1977         military, ASU       

General Secretaries of the General People's Congress
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi   1 Mar 1977 -  1 Mar 1979         military          
Abdul Ati al-Ubaydi           1 Mar 1979 -  7 Jan 1981
Muhammad az-Zarruq Rajab      7 Jan 1981 - 15 Feb 1984
Miftah al-Usta Umar          15 Feb 1984 -  7 Oct 1990
Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa         7 Oct 1990 - 18 Nov 1992
Zintani Muhammad az-Zintani  18 Nov 1992 -  3 Mar 2008
Muftah Muhammad Kaiba         3 Mar 2008 -  5 Mar 2009
Mubarak Abdullah ash-Shamikh  5 Mar 2009 - 26 Jan 2010
Muhammad Abdul Qasim al-Zwai 26 Jan 2010 -

Leader of the Revolution

Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi   2 Mar 1979 -                     military

M. al-Gaddafi holds no constitutional office since 2 Mar 1979, but he is regarded the supreme leader and de facto head of State as "Leader of the Revolution".

Heads of Government

Prime Ministers
Mahmud al-Muntasir           29 Mar 1951 - 19 Feb 1954 (+1970)
Muhammad Saqizli             19 Feb 1954 - 12 Apr 1954  
Mustafa Ben Halim            12 Apr 1954 - 26 May 1957                   
Abdul Majid Qubar            26 May 1957 - 17 Oct 1960 
Muhammad Osman Said          17 Oct 1960 - 19 Mar 1963 (+2007)
Mohieddin Fiqini             19 Mar 1963 - 20 Jan 1964
Mahmud al-Muntasir           20 Jan 1964 - 20 Mar 1965 (+1970)
Hussein Mazziq               20 Mar 1965 -  2 Jul 1967 (+2006)            
Abdul Qadir al-Badri          2 Jul 1967 - 25 Oct 1967 (+2003)
Abdul Hamid al-Baqoush       25 Oct 1967 -  4 Sep 1968 (+2007)
Wanis al-Gaddafi              4 Sep 1968 - 31 Aug 1969 
Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi   8 Sep 1969 - 16 Jan 1970
Abdul Salam Jalloud          16 Jul 1972 -  1 Mar 1977          military

General secretaries of the General People's Committee
Abdul Ati al-Ubaydi           1 Mar 1977 -  1 Mar 1979 
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi       1 Mar 1979 - 16 Feb 1984  
Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab      16 Feb 1984 -  3 Mar 1986
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi       3 Mar 1986 -  1 Mar 1987  
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir      1 Mar 1987 -  7 Oct 1990 (+2001) 
Abu Zaid Umar Dourda          7 Oct 1990 - 29 Jan 1994  
Abdul Majid al-Qaud          29 Jan 1994 - 29 Dec 1997         
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush   29 Dec 1997 -  1 Mar 2000
Mubarak Abdullah ash-Shamikh  1 Mar 2000 - 14 Jun 2003
Shokri Ghanem                14 Jun 2003 -  5 Mar 2006         
Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi    5 Mar 2006 -

(Source: Rulers, by Ben Schemmel)

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