Giuma Ahmed Atigha Explained

Giuma Ahmed Atigha
Native Name:جمعة أحمد عتيقة
Native Name Lang:ar
Office:President of the General National Congress of Libya
Deputy:Saleh Essaleh
Primeminister:Ali Zeidan
Term Start:28 May 2013
Term End:25 August 2013
Birth Place:Misrata
Party:Independent

Giuma Ahmed Atigha (; born 1950) is a Libyan politician who has served as Deputy President of the General National Congress of Libya since 2012, and Acting President of the General National Congress of Libya from the resignation of Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf on 28 May 2013 to 25 June 2013.

Political career

On 7 July 2012, Giuma Ahmed Atigha was elected as an independent congressman in the 2012 Congressional election. On 10 August, he was elected as deputy president of the General National Congress. Atigha became the acting president of the Congress after the resignation of Mohammed Magariaf. As caretaker head of state, he became the Commander-in-chief of the army.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Law | Law Firms | L.C.O (Dr. Giuma Ahmed Atigha). | Libya Yellowpages – Part of LibyaOnLine Network . 2013-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325111426/http://yellowpages.ly/listing.php?id=773 . 2014-03-25 .