Abdul Majid Kabar عبد المجيد كعبار | |
Term Start: | 26 May 1957 |
Term End: | 17 October 1960 |
Term Start2: | 14 March |
Term End2: | 26 May 1957 |
Primeminister3: | Himself |
Term Start3: | 11 October 1958 |
Term End3: | 16 October 1960 |
Predecessor3: | Wahbi al-Bouri |
Successor3: | Abdul Qadir Allam |
Order4: | Transport Minister of Libya |
Term Start4: | 26 April 1955 |
Term End4: | 26 March 1956 |
Successor4: | Salem Lutfi el-Qadi |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1909 |
Birth Place: | Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya) |
Death Date: | 4 October 1988 (aged 79) |
Abdul Majid Kabar (; Arabic: عبد المجيد كعبار / ʿbd āl-Mağid Kaʿbār) (9 May 1909 – 4 October 1988) was a Libyan politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Libya from 26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960.[1] [2] He was of Circassian origin.
Kabar worked his way up in Tripolitanian politics until he was appointed a member of the National Constituent Assembly in 1950. In the 1952 Libyan general election, its first, he entered parliament and served as the house speaker until he became prime minister in 1957. A financial scandal centred on the cost of a road being built from Fezzan to Sabha led to his downfall. Originally cost $5.3 million and scheduled to be completed in three years, the cost overruns led to later estimates of three times the cost. Fearing a vote of no confidence, he resigned in 1960.[3]