Abdul Ati al-Obeidi explained

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
عبد العاطي العبيدي
Order:Prime Minister of Libya
Term Start:2 March 1977
Term End:2 March 1979
Predecessor:Abdessalam Jalloud
Successor:Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Order2:Secretary-General of the General People's Congress
Term Start2:2 March 1979
Term End2:7 January 1981
Leader2:Muammar Gaddafi
Predecessor2:Muammar Gaddafi
Successor2:Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Order3:Foreign Minister of Libya
Term Start3:1982
Term End3:1984
Predecessor3:Ali Treki
Successor3:Ali Treki
Term Start4:6 April 2011
Term End4:2011
Predecessor4:Moussa Koussa
Successor4:Mahmoud Jibril
Birth Date:1939 10, df=y[1]
Birth Place:Jabal al Akhdar, Italian Libya
Death Place:Tripoli, Libya
President:Muammar Gaddafi

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (; Arabic: عبد العاطي العبيدي|ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī al-ʿUbayyidī; 10 October 1939 – 16 September 2023) was a Libyan politician and diplomat. He held various top posts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi; he was Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979 and General Secretary of General People's Congress from 1979 to 1981. He was one of three main negotiators in Libya's decision to denounce and drop their nuclear weapons program.

In 2011, amidst the First Libyan Civil War between Gaddafi loyalists and anti-Gaddafi rebels, he was appointed Foreign Minister after the defection of Moussa Koussa. In fact, he had accompanied Koussa to Djerba, Tunisia before returning to Libya while Koussa defected and went to London. On 3 April 2011 (a week after Koussa's defection), Obeidi flew to Greece to present a peace proposal to his counterpart Dimitrios Droutsas.[2]

On 31 August 2011, he was detained west of Tripoli by rebel forces.[3] [4] In June 2013, a court found him not guilty of a charge of mismanagement.[5] [6]

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi died of a heart attack in Tripoli on 16 September 2023, at the age of 83.[7]

Career

General Secretary of the General People's Committee (Prime Minister)
General Secretary of the General People's Congress (Head of State)
Other positions

See also

References

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Middle East and North Africa. December 1980. Europa Publications. . 9780905118505.
  2. Web site: 3 April 2011 . Gaddafi's deputy foreign minister flies to Athens with peace proposal . 19 January 2023 . the Guardian . en.
  3. News: Libya's former foreign minister surrenders - video. The Guardian. September 2011.
  4. Web site: 'It's over for Gaddafi' says his foreign minister. 24 August 2011.
  5. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170403-former-gaddafi-official-given-senior-position-in-libyan-eastern-ruling-body/ Former Gaddafi official given senior position in Libyan eastern ruling body
  6. News: 17 June 2013 . Gaddafi officials acquitted but stay behind bars . en . Reuters . 15 June 2023.
  7. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2375056/middle-east Former Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Ati Al-Obeidi passes away at 84