Kamel Maghur Explained

Kamel Hassan Maghur
Office:15th Secretary General of OPEC
Term Start:1 January 1984
Term End:31 October 1984
Predecessor:Mana Al Otaiba
Successor:Subroto
Birth Date:1 January 1935
Birth Place:Dahra, Tripoli, Italian Libya
Nationality:Libyan
Office1:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Office2:Minister of Oil
Successor1:Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Successor2:?
Predecessor1:Ali Treki
Predecessor2:Abd al-Salam al-Zaqar
Termend1:3 March 1987
Termstart1:3 March 1986
Termend2:3 March 1986
Termstart2:3 March 1982
Native Name Lang:ar

Kamel Hassan Maghur (Arabic: كامل حسن المقهور; 1 January 1935 – 5 January 2002) was a Libyan lawyer, diplomat, and writer. He also held various cabinet posts.[1]

Biography

Maghur was born in Dahra, Tripoli, Italian Libya in 1935.[2] He became a lawyer and subsequently a judge in Libya after completing law school in Cairo. He served in various diplomatic and international legal postings, including service as Libya's ambassador to the United Nations, Canada, France and China. In 1972 he became minister for petroleum and in 1984 served as OPEC's chief. In 1986–1987, he was Libya's minister for foreign affairs and in 1989 returned to private law practice in Tripoli. In the late 1990s he served as Libya's lawyer handling sanctions and charges associated with the Lockerbie bombing.

At the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial of accused Lamin Khalifah Fhimah and Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Maghur was the Libyan defence lawyer the two accused had access to, in addition to their respective solicitors and advocates who represented them.[3]

Maghur published eight books of short stories between the 1950s and 2000. He and his wife Suhir Elgheryani had seven children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-09-06 . Azza Kamel Maghur . 2022-12-22 . Arab Reform Initiative . en-US.
  2. Book: The Middle East and North Africa . Europa Publications. 1977. 9780905118116.
  3. Web site: 8 April 2001 . Commentary on Dr Hans Koechler's Lockerbie report – Scotland on Sunday, 8 April 2001 . 11 August 2024 . I-p-o.org.