As-Siddig al-Mutassir

As-Siddig al-Mutassir
Seddik Muntasser (center) with Mahmud al-Muntasir (left) and Sheikh AbdelHamid Ashur (right)
Defence minister of Libya
In office 26 May 1957 – 24 April 1958
Preceded by	Abdul Qadir al-Allam
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Ben Shaaban
Governor of Tripolitania
In office 13 June 1953 – 3 December 1954
Preceded by	Fadhil Ben Zekri
Succeeded by	Abdul Salam al-Buseiri
Personal details
Born	1912
Died	1979 (aged 66–67)

As-Siddig Al-Muntaser (also spelled Al-Seddik Al-Muntasser, or Saddiq Muntasser) (1912-1979) (Arabic: الصدّيق المنتصر‎) was a Libyan politician that held many senior positions in the era of the Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) including the Governor of Tripolitania (he is most remembered for that) and the Minister of Defense, he was an ambassador of the Kingdom of Libya to the United States of America and the first ambassador of Libya to the United Nations, he also served as an ambassador to both Egypt and Germany at different times. ^[1]

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