Wafa Bughaighis Explained

Wafa Bughaighis is a Libyan diplomat, a peace and education activist with a particular concern on women as well as a chemical engineer.[1] [2] She was Libya's Ambassador to the United States from November 2017 until August 2021.

Wafa Bughaighis
Office1:Libyan Ambassador to the United States
Term Start1:November, 2017
Term End1:August, 2021
Successor1:Khaled Al-Sadeq Al-Daif (as chargé d'affaires)

Education

From 1978 to 1982 Wafa Bughaighis attended the American International School in Vienna, Austria. Later, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1987. She initially wanted to pursue her major in Nuclear Engineering, which was, however, banned by the U.S. government as a field of study for Libyan students in the 1980s.[3] After obtaining her bachelor's degree, Bughaighis completed post graduate studies in Engineering Management and International Relations at George Washington University.[4] She is fluent in Arabic and English and proficient in German.[5]

Career

Bughaighis started her professional life in 1988 at the Arabian Gulf Oil Company in Benghazi as a Chemical Engineering Specialist. She worked in the field for 14 years. Then she became Deputy Chairwoman at the Nour Al Maarif Education Company, beginning her career in the education area. In 2011, she served as Director of the International Collaboration Bureau of the Ministry of Education of Libya. The same year, Bughaighis chaired and co-founded the United Nations recognized "Commission to Support Women's Participation in Decision Making". Furthermore, since 2012, she has been a member of the Wilson Center's Global Women's Leadership Initiative in Washington D.C.[6] Between 2013 and 2014 she was the Assistant Deputy Minister for Political Affair in the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In 2014, she was designed as Acting Foreign Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then she moved to Washington D.C. where she began her diplomatic career.[7] Wafa Bughaighis was first Chargé D'Affaires for three years and in November 2017 she was nominated Ambassador. In August 2021 she was removed from her post as her term of office had expired in May 2021.[8]

Private life

Bughaighis' sister is Laila Bugaighis, a physician and human rights activist. Salwa Bughaighis, a human rights activist and her cousin, was assassinated in 2014.[9] Her father was a general in the Libyan army under King Idris.[10]

Wafa Bughaighis is married and has two daughters and a son.[11]

Conferences

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's History Month - Wafa Bughaighis Middle East Policy Council . mepc.org . en. 2021-12-13.
  2. Web site: Correspondent . Chuck Leddy Harvard . Women waging peace . Harvard Gazette . 17 January 2013. 2021-12-13.
  3. Web site: Her Power 2020 . Foreign Policy. 2021-12-13.
  4. Web site: Wafa Bughaighis Wilson Center . www.wilsoncenter.org . en. 2021-12-13.
  5. Web site: Charge d' Affaires Wafa Bughaighis . Washington Diplomat . 16 July 2015. 2021-12-13.
  6. Web site: Global Women's Leadership Initiative Wilson Center. www.wilsoncenter.org. en. 2021-12-13.
  7. Web site: The Ambassador- Embassy of the State of Libya Washington, D.C. . www.embassyoflibyadc.org. 2021-12-13.
  8. Web site: Al-Mangoush forcibly removes Libya's ambassador to the US from her post . Libyan Express . 4 August 2021. 2021-12-13.
  9. Book: Wehrey . Frederic . The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . en . 17 April 2018. 9780374715281 . 2021-12-13.
  10. Web site: Luxner . Larry . Libya's Wafa Bugaighis: 'We Desperately Need Help' . Washington Diplomat . 29 July 2015. 2021-12-13.
  11. Web site: The Ambassador- Embassy of the State of Libya Washington, D.C. . www.embassyoflibyadc.org. 2021-12-13.
  12. Web site: Rabat Strategic Roundtable - Strategies to Advance Women's Political Participation and Public Service in the Arab Region: An Agenda for Change Wilson Center . www.wilsoncenter.org . en. 2021-12-13.
  13. Web site: News . llc.umbc.edu. 2021-12-13.
  14. Web site: Bugaighis . Frederic Wehrey, Wafa . Bugaighis . Frederic Wehrey, Wafa . Building Peace in Libya: A Conversation with Wafa Bugaighis . Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . en. 2021-12-13.
  15. Web site: The Challenges of Combating ISIS in Libya Middle East Institute . education.mei.edu. 2021-12-13.
  16. Web site: ISIS in Libya C-SPAN.org . www.c-span.org . en-us. 2021-12-13.
  17. Web site: Economic and strategic challenges in Libya.

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