Embarek shamekh

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Imbarek (or Embarek) Shamekh (sometimes Mubarak Abdallah al-Shamikh) (born 1952) is a former Prime Minister of Libya.

[edit] Early life

Shamekh was born on May 15, 1952 in Benghazi, Libya. He graduated from the University of Central Florida, U.S., in 1981 from the Faculty of Electrical and Communication Engineering.

[edit] Governmental career

From February 1982 until March 1984 Shamekh was Minister of Transportation for the Benghazi province.

From March 1984 until October 1990, he served as Minister of Transportation.

He was Governor of Sirte province from October 1990 to December 1992.

Shamekh was Minister of Housing and Utilities from December 1992 to March 2000.

In March 2000 Libya made sweeping changes to its cabinet structure. Twelve ministers were replaced and the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister were replaced. From then until June 2003, Shamekh was Prime Minister.

Shamekh was President of the Higher Planning Council of Libya from June 2003 until September 2004.

From September 2004 to January 2005 he served as the Governor of Benghazi province.