Ahmad Bishti Explained

Ahmad Bishti
Order:Libyan Foreign Minister
Primeminister:Hussein Maziq
Abdul Qadir al-Badri
Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
Term Start:2 October 1965
Term End:4 January 1968
Predecessor:Wahbi al-Bouri
Successor:Wanis al-Qaddafi
Birth Date:8 August 1927[1]
Death Date:2016 (aged 88–89)

Ahmad Bishti (8 August 1927 – 2016) was a Libyan politician who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1965 to 1968. He became an ambassador of Libya to Turkey after he left office in 1968. He graduated as surgeon from University of Cairo in 1959.

Biography

Bishti was born on 8 August 1927. He graduated as a surgeon at Cairo University in 1959 and practiced medicine between 1960 and 1963.

He was appointed Minister of Health at the end of the government of Mohamed Osman El Seid and the governments of Mohiuddin Fikini and Mahmud Al-Montaser (March 1963-March 1965), then Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Governments of Hussein Maazak, Abdul Qader Al-Badri and Abdel-Hamid Al-Bakoush (October 1965).

Bishti became ambassador to Turkey from January 1968 and was ambassador during the 1969 coup in Libya. He died in 2016.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.libya-watanona.com/adab/mugariaf/mm20029a.htm Mohmammed Yusef el-Magariaf (Arabic)
  2. Web site: علم من أعلام المملكة الليبية الدكتور أحمد عبد الرزاق البشتي و هوا يلقي خطابا في مقر الامم المتحدة بعد حرب 67 إبان توليه وزاره الخارجية . عائلة البشتى on Facebook . 13 July 2024 . 18 June 2016.