Mohamed al-Menfi explained

Alma Mater:Tobruk University
Profession:Diplomat
Signature:Mohamed al-Menfi signature.svg
Honorific Prefix:His Excellency
Office:Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya
Vicepresident:Musa Al-Koni
Term Start:15 March 2021
Predecessor:Fayez al-Sarraj
Primeminister:Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
Office2:Libyan Ambassador to Greece
Term Start2:19 December 2018
Term End2:6 December 2019
President2:Fayez al-Sarraj
Predecessor2:Ahmed Gezlal
Successor2:Hamad Bashir Mabrouk
Birth Date:3 March 1976
Birth Place:Tobruk, Libya
Birthname:Mohamed Younis Ahmed Al-Menfi
Nationality:Libyan
Native Name Lang:ar

Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi (Arabic: محمد يونس المنفي; born 3 March 1976)[1] is a Libyan diplomat and politician. On 5 February 2021, he was chosen as the president of the Libyan Presidential Council at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum. Previously, he had served as the Libyan Ambassador to Greece.[2]

Ambassadorship

Al-Menfi's period as ambassador in Athens was marked by a tense relationship between the GNA and the Greek government because of the Libyan (GNA)–Turkish accord on maritime boundaries. The row is part of a long-running dispute between Turkey and Greece over drilling rights in the Mediterranean. He was eventually expelled from Athens in December 2019.

Presidency of Presidential Council

In the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum procedure for choosing a unified executive authority to lead into the 24 December 2021 Libyan general election, Al-Menfi ran on a joint ticket with Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh as prime minister and Musa Al-Koni and Abdullah al-Lafi as members of the Presidential Council. Their list obtained 39 votes, five more than that of Aguila Saleh Issa and Fathi Bashagha. The U.S. ambassador denied any attempt to influence the electoral process against Al-Menfi.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Libye: début d'une nouvelle phase de transition . Le360 Afrique . French . 6 February 2021 .
  2. Web site: Greece Expels the GNA-Affiliated Libyan Ambassador Over Illegal Deal with Turkey. Al-Marsad. 6 December 2019. 5 February 2021.