Ashour Suleiman Shuwail Explained

Ashour Suleiman Shuwail
Office:Minister of Interior
Primeminister:Ali Zeidan
Predecessor:Fawzi Abdel A'al
Successor:Mohammed Khalifa Al Sheikh
Term Start:December 2012
Term End:May 2013
Birth Place:Benghazi
Nationality:Libyan

Ashour Suleiman Shuwail (Arabic: عاشور شوايل; born 1954) is a retired Libyan security officer who served as the minister of interior in the cabinet that was formed after the first democratic elections in July 2012.

Early life and education

Shuwail's family is from Benghazi.[1] He was born there in 1954.[2]

Shuwail received a master's degree in law from Benghazi University in 1995 and a PhD in law from Ain Shams University in Egypt in 2000.[3]

Career

Shuwail worked in the Libyan police forces.[3] In October 2012, Shuwail was nominated for minister of interior by prime minister Ali Zeidan. However, the High Commission for the Application of Standards of Integrity and Patriotism that evaluated the suitability of nominees declared that four nominees, including Shuwail, did not endorsed him as interior minister.[4] However, at the beginning of December 2012, he won the case against the verdict of the commission and was officially appointed as minister.[5]

On 21 May 2013, Shuwail resigned from office for "personal reasons".[6] [7] Mohammed Khalifa Al Sheikh replaced him in the post on 26 May 2013 after the Libyan congress approved him.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Libya's Transition Could Yet be Derailed. 17 February 2013. The Manzella Report. 30 January 2013.
  2. News: آلاف المسلحين الليبيين يشاركون في تدريب للالتحاق بالشرطة. Al Arabiya. 26 October 2014. 6 January 2013.
  3. News: Curriculum Vitae of Ali Zeidan's government ministers. 17 February 2013. Libya Herald. 3 November 2012.
  4. News: al Zubair. Essam. Commission dismisses 4 Libyan ministers amid anger. 17 February 2013. Arabs Today. 14 November 2012. Tripoli.
  5. News: Appeals court clears Interior Minister Ashour Shuwail; Integrity Commission said to be lodging own appeal. Tripoli. 17 February 2013. Libya Herald. 4 December 2012.
  6. News: Libyan interior minister submits resignation. 3 July 2013. Asharq Al-Awsat. 22 May 2013. Tripoli. Reuters.
  7. News: Libyan congress approves new interior minister. 3 July 2013. Times Live. 26 May 2013. Reuters. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519222400/http://m.timeslive.co.za/africa/?articleId=9200566. 19 May 2014. dead.