Abdullah al-Theni explained

Abdullah al-Theni
Office:25th Prime Minister of Libya
President:Nouri Abusahmain
Fayez al-Sarraj
Term Start:11 March 2014
Term End:15 March 2021*
Predecessor:Ali Zeidan
Successor:Fayez al-Sarraj (Government of National Accord, internationally recognised)
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
Birth Date:1954 1, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Ma'tan as-Sarra, Libya
Party:Independent
Alma Mater:Benghazi Military University Academy
Signature:Abdullah al-Theni signature.svg

Abdullah al-Theni (Arabic: عبد الله الثني  Libyan pronunciation: pronounced as /ar/) is a Libyan politician who became prime minister of the House of Representatives of Libya on 11 March 2014, when he took over in an interim capacity after the dismissal of Ali Zeidan.[2] He was previously the defence minister in the government of Zeidan.[3]

Prime Minister

In April 2014, al-Thani negotiated the reopening of two out of four oil ports seized by rebels.[4] Also, after he threatened to resign, the Congress officially confirmed him as prime minister in a permanent capacity and vested him with greater powers to deal with Libya's problems.[2]

However, al-Thani submitted his resignation as prime minister of the interim government on 13 April 2014, although he was asked to stay on as a caretaker until the election of a successor.[5] Ahmed Maiteeq was eventually elected as the new prime minister, but Maiteeq's election was voided on 9 June and al-Thani was reinstated as caretaker.[6]

After the election of a House of Representatives to govern Libya, al-Thani attended the opening ceremony of the new parliament in Tobruk on 4 August 2014.[7] He and his cabinet again resigned on 29 August 2014,[8] citing a need to give the controversial new parliament a chance to choose a new, inclusive government[9] after Islamist lawmakers convened a new meeting of the General National Congress in Tripoli and declared al-Thani dismissed, although he defended the elected House of Representatives as "the only legitimate authority in the country".[10] The next week, however, the Tobruk-based lawmakers reappointed al-Thani as prime minister and tasked him with forming a "crisis government".[11]

With Libya sliding into civil war between the two rival governments, al-Thani ordered General Khalifa Haftar to "liberate" Tripoli in October 2014.[12] In March 2015, following the start of a military intervention in support of the internationally recognised government in Yemen, al-Thani compared the situation in his country to the situation in Yemen and said Libya would call on the Arab League to "restore legitimacy".[13]

On 26 May 2015 he survived an assassination attempt when gunmen fired on his convoy in Tobruk.[14]

Abdullah al-Thani offered to resign as Prime Minister on 11 August 2015, over a year into the Second Libyan Civil War, saying his "exit is the solution."[15]

Al-Thani and the House of Representatives promoted Haftar to the rank of Field Marshal in recognition for his leadership in the Operation Surprise Lightning, capturing the four key oil ports (Sidra, Ra's Lanuf, Brega and Zuwetina) in the Gulf of Sirte from the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) during the ongoing Libyan Civil War.[16]

Al-Thani offered the resignation of his government on 13 September 2020 in response to the 2020 Libyan protests.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: الحكومة الليبية المؤقتة - وزارة الدفاع . pm.gov.ly . 14 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314174504/http://www.pm.gov.ly/ministries/ministry-of-defense.html . 14 March 2014 .
  2. News: Al-Thinni officially appointed PM, new government within a week. 14 April 2014. Libya Herald. 8 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413222020/http://libyaherald.com/2014/04/08/al-thinni-officially-appointed-pm-new-government-within-a-week/. 13 April 2014. live.
  3. Web site: Libya Swears in New Defense Minister. Project on Middle East Democracy. 14 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416105648/http://pomed.org/featured/libya-swears-in-new-defense-minister/. 16 April 2014. dead.
  4. News: Libyan rebels agree to reopen two oil terminals after deal. 14 April 2014. BBC. 6 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140409035345/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26915907. 9 April 2014. live.
  5. Libya PM Quits, Says He was Targeted in Armed Attack. Time. 13 April 2014. 14 April 2014. Frizell, Sam. https://web.archive.org/web/20140531080848/http://time.com/60814/libya-prime-minister-quits/. 31 May 2014. live.
  6. News: Libya PM's election declared unconstitutional. Al Jazeera. 9 June 2014. 1 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140612020630/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/libya-declares-pm-election-unconstitutional-20146981130265348.html. 12 June 2014. live.
  7. News: Libyan parliament convenes. Al-Ahram Weekly. 7 August 2014. 1 April 2015. Kamel. Abdallah. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124919/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6917/19/Libyan-parliament-convenes.aspx. 2 April 2015. dead.
  8. News: Libya government resigns to allow new cabinet. 28 August 2014. Al Jazeera English. 29 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140830122223/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/libya-government-resigns-allow-new-cabinet-201482913451213208.html. 30 August 2014. live.
  9. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28979312 Libya Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni resigns
  10. News: Libya government resigns after Islamists restart GNC. Deutsche Welle. 29 August 2014. 1 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091215/http://www.dw.de/libya-government-resigns-after-islamists-restart-gnc/a-17887684. 2 April 2015. live.
  11. News: Libya Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni re-appointed. ENCA. 1 September 2014. 1 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012003/http://www.enca.com/tripoli-under-militia-control-chaos-deepens. 24 September 2015. live.
  12. News: Libya orders army to advance on capital. Al Arabiya. 22 October 2014. 1 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112515/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/22/Libya-orders-army-to-advance-on-capital.html. 2 April 2015. live.
  13. News: ANSAmed. Libya: premier, we will seek Arab intervention like Yemen. 30 March 2015. 1 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160007/http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2015/03/30/libya-premier-we-will-seek-arab-intervention-like-yemen_bc4bf67c-e1d1-42d3-8658-c6e1ac55dace.html. 2 April 2015. live.
  14. Web site: Jomana Karadsheh and Michael Martinez . Libyan Prime Minister survives assassination attempt . CNN . 26 May 2015 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527135629/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/26/africa/libyan-prime-minister-assassination-attempt/ . 27 May 2015 . live .
  15. Web site: Libya uncertainty deepens as PM threatens to quit - Yahoo News . 14 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327033754/http://news.yahoo.com/libyan-prime-minister-announces-resignation-official-news-agency-005158524.html . 27 March 2016 . live .
  16. Web site: 2016-09-16. Tobruk's Parliament Promotes Khalifa Haftar To Field Marshal. 2020-06-12. Middle East Observer. en-US.

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