Abdulrahman Sewehli | |
Office: | Chairman of the High Council of State of Libya |
Vicepresident: | Saleh al-Makhzoum |
Term Start: | 6 April 2016 |
Term End: | 8 April 2018 |
Successor: | Khalid al-Mishri |
Birth Date: | 1946 |
Birth Place: | Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt |
Party: | Union for the Homeland |
Abdulrahman Sewehli, also spelt as Abdel Rahman al-Suwayhili,[1] (Arabic: عبد الرحمن السويحلي) is a Libyan politician and the leader of the Union for the Homeland party. He was elected as chairman of the High Council of State on 6 April 2016.[2]
He is the grandson of one of the prominent Tripolitanian nationalist Ramadan Asswehly and one of the founders of the Tripolitanian Republic.[3]