List of heads of government of Libya

Prime Minister of Libya

Seal of the National Transitional Council
Incumbent
Abdurrahim El-Keib (Acting)
since 24 November 2011
Appointer Chairman of of the National Transitional Council
Inaugural holder Mahmud al-Muntasir
Formation 29 March 1951
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This is a list of heads of government of Libya since independence in 1951.

Since independence, heads of government of Libya have been Prime Ministers (1951-1977), then General Secretaries of the General People's Committee (1977-2011) and again Prime Ministers (2011-Present).

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Heads of Government of Libya (1951–Present)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Kingdom of Libya
المملكة الليبية (al-Mamlakat al-Lībiyya)
29 March 1951 to 19 February 1954 Mahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Minister n-p 1st Time
19 February 1954 to 12 April 1954 Muhammad Sakizli, Prime Minister n-p
12 April 1954 to 26 May 1957 Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister n-p
26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960 Abdul Majid Kubar, Prime Minister n-p
17 October 1960 to 19 March 1963 Muhammad Osman Said, Prime Minister n-p
19 March 1963 to 20 January 1964 Mohieddin Fikini, Prime Minister n-p
20 January 1964 to 20 March 1965 Mahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Minister n-p 2nd Time
20 March 1965 to 2 July 1967 Hussein Maziq, Prime Minister n-p
2 July 1967 to 25 October 1967 Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Prime Minister n-p
25 October 1967 to 4 September 1968 Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush, Prime Minister n-p
4 September 1968 to 31 August 1969 Wanis al-Qaddafi, Prime Minister n-p Deposed in the 1969 coup d'état
Libyan Arab Republic
الجمهورية العربية الليبية (Al-Jumhuriyya al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyya)
8 September 1969 to 16 January 1970 Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi, Prime Minister n-p
16 January 1970 to 16 July 1972 Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, Prime Minister Mil/ASU
16 July 1972 to 2 March 1977 Major Abdessalam Jalloud, Prime Minister Mil/ASU
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى (Al-Jamāhīriyya al-`Arabiyya al-Lībiyya aš-Ša'biyya al-Ištirākiyya al-`Uẓmā)
2 March 1977 to 2 March 1979 Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984 Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p 1st Time
16 February 1984 to 3 March 1986 Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
3 March 1986 to 1 March 1987 Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p 2nd Time
1 March 1987 to 7 October 1990 Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994 Abuzed Omar Dorda, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
29 January 1994 to 29 December 1997 Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
29 December 1997 to 1 March 2000 Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
1 March 2000 to 14 June 2003 Imbarek Shamekh, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
14 June 2003 to 5 March 2006 Shukri Ghanem, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p
5 March 2006 to 23 August 2011 Baghdadi Mahmudi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee n-p Disputed from 5 March 2011
Libyan Republic
الجمهورية الليبية (al-Jumhūriyya al-Lībiyya)
5 March 2011 to 23 March 2011 Mahmoud Jibril, Head of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Council n-p In rebellion to 23 August 2011
23 March 2011 to 23 October 2011 Mahmoud Jibril, Interim Prime Minister
23 October 2011 to 24 November 2011 Ali Tarhouni, Interim Prime Minister n-p
24 November 2011 to Present Abdurrahim El-Keib, Interim Prime Minister n-p

Affiliations

ASU Arab Socialist Union
         Nasserist, centrist, government party, only legal party 1971-1977
Mil Military
n-p non-partisan
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