Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi explained

Jadallah at-Talhi
Office:Secretary-General of the People's Committee
Term Start:3 March 1986
Term End:1 March 1987
Predecessor:Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Successor:Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
Term Start1:2 March 1979
Term End1:16 February 1984
Predecessor1:Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Successor1:Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Office2:Foreign Minister of Libya
Term Start2:1987
Term End2:1990
Predecessor2:Kamel Maghur
Successor2:Ibrahim Al Bishari
Death Place:Benghazi, Libya
Native Name Lang:ar

Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (ar|جاد الله عزوز الطلحي|Jād Allāh ʿAzzūz al-Ṭalḥī; 1939 – 15 June 2024) was a Libyan diplomat and politician who served as Secretary-General of the General People's Committee of Libya for two terms.

Education

Born in 1939,[1] Talhi obtained a geology degree from Louvain University.[2]

Career

Talhi was a Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources from July 1972 until March 1977.[2]

Secretary-General

Talhi was Secretary-General of the People's Committee in Libya for two terms, first from 2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984, then from September 1986 to 1 March 1987.[3] In March 1987 Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir succeeded him.[4]

Foreign minister

Talhi served as foreign minister of Libya in the late 1980s, replacing Kamel Maghur as foreign minister.[5] In September 1987, he visited Baghdad to reestablish foreign relations and participated in the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union.[2] His tenure lasted until 1990.[6]

Paris Conference

Talhi met with U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz at the Paris Conference in January 1989 at UNESCO's headquarters.[7] He denied the accusation by the United States that Libya was creating chemical weapons in Rabta,[2] and accused it of knowing the location of chemical weapons in the Middle East. He also highlighted an international relationship between Israel and the United States in regards to the development of nuclear weapons.[8]

Death

Talhi died in Benghazi on 15 June 2024, at the age of 85.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: اكتشف 10 معلومات عن جاد الله عزوز الطلحي. afrigatenews. Arabic. 28 December 2018. 17 June 2024. 29 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181229043723/https://www.afrigatenews.net/article/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%81-10-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%8A/. live.
  2. Book: Bidwell. Robin. Dictionary of Modern Arab History: An A to Z of over 2,000 entries from 1798 to the present day. 2010. 978-0710305053. 408. Routledge .
  3. Web site: The World. 3 March 1987. LA Times. 14 September 2009. 17 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017163838/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-03-03/news/mn-7474_1_prime-minister. live.
  4. Web site: Libya. Mongobay. 18 October 2013. 25 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140325233200/http://www.mongabay.com/history/libya/libya-summary_and_trends_in_1987.html. live.
  5. Book: Helen Chapin Metz. Helen Chapin Metz . Libya. 2 April 2013. 30 June 2004. Kessinger Publishing. 978-1-4191-3012-0. 198.
  6. News: U.N. Presses Libya on Bombing. 18 October 2013. The Washington Post. 22 January 1992. Trevor Rowe. A01. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074738/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/panam103/stories/un012292.htm. live.
  7. News: Shultz gets backing on poison gas issue. 28 October 2016. Daily Sitka Sentinel. 6 January 1989. 10. 29 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161029050114/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7221334/daily_sitka_sentinel/. live.
  8. Book: St John. Ronald Bruce. Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of Strife. 2002. 0812236726. 159. University of Pennsylvania Press .
  9. https://alwasat.ly/news/libya/442255 وفاة جادالله الطلحي أحد أبرز وزراء النظام السابق