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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Libya)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs
وزيرة الخارجية
since 3 September 2023 (during suspension of Najla El Mangoush)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleMr. Minister (currently)
Miss. Minister (Not at the moment)
TypeMinister of Foreign Affairs
Member ofCabinet of Libya
Reports toPrime Minister
SeatTripoli, Libya
Term lengthNo fixed term
At the Prime Minister's behest
Formation29 March 1951; 73 years ago (1951-03-29)
First holderAli Jerbi
Websitewww.foreign.gov.ly

This is a list of foreign ministers of Libya.

Names

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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.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Libya

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Libyan provisional government (pre-independence, 1951)

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Portrait Name Lifespan Term of office Prime Minister
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
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
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
Abdul Qadir al-Allam 1919–2003 16 October 1960 – 3 May 1961 Muhammad Osman Said
Suleiman Jerbi ? 3 May 1961 – 27 January 1962
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
Mohieddin Fikini 1925–1994 19 March 1963 – 22 January 1964 Mohieddin Fikini
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)
Wanis al-Qaddafi
(2nd time)
1924–1986 4 January 1968 – 4 September 1968 Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
Shams ad-Din Orabi died 2009 4 September 1968 – June 1969 Wanis al-Qaddafi
Ali Hussnein 1925–2018 June 1969 – 31 August 1969

Libya under Gaddafi (1969–2011)

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Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)

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Salah Busir 1925–1973 1969–1970 Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi
Mohammed Najm 1943–2016 1970–1972 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
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)
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
(1st time)
1939–2023 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 1939–2024 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)
Abdel Rahman Shalgham born 1949 2000–2009 Imbarek Shamekh
(2000–2003)
Shukri Ghanem
(2003–2006)
Baghdadi Mahmudi
(2006–2009)
Moussa Koussa born 1950 2009–2011 Baghdadi Mahmudi
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
(2nd time)
1939–2023 2011

Transitional period (2011–2021)

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Portrait Name Lifespan Term of office Prime Minister
Mahmoud Jibril 1952–2020 23 March 2011 – 23 November 2011 Mahmoud Jibril
Ashour Bin Khayal born 1939 24 November 2011 – 14 November 2012 Abdurrahim El-Keib
Mohamed Abdelaziz born c. 1952 14 November 2012 – 28 September 2014 Ali Zeidan
(2012–2014)
Abdullah al-Thani
(2014)
Mohammed al-Dairi born 1952 28 September 2014 – 28 February 2019 Abdullah al-Thani
Abdulhadi Elhweg born 1971 28 February 2019 – 15 March 2021
Portrait Name Lifespan Term of office Prime Minister
Mohamed Taha Siala born 1943 30 March 2016 – 15 March 2021 Fayez al-Sarraj
Portrait Name Lifespan Term of office Prime Minister
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
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (Acting) born 1958 3 September 2023 – Present

Notes

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  1. 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

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