Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba
| Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba link Twitter (Politician) | |
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| Born | Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dabaiba 1959 Misrata |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Children | 5 |
"Prime Minister of Libya" from March 2021, and candidate for President | |
Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba is the Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Unity.[1]
On 5 February 2021, Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba was designated as Prime Minister of the country during the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) when he ran on a joint ticket with Mohamed al-Menfi as President and Musa al-Koni and Abdallah al-Lafi as Vice Presidents.[2]
Background
Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba was born in 1959 in the Western city of Misrata. He lived in Canada while studying and graduating with a master's degree in engineering at the University of Toronto.[3] He returned to Misrata during a construction boom, gaining the trust of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who appointed him as head of the Libyan Investment and Development Company (LIDCO), the state-owned construction firm.[4]
Politics
In 2020, Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba founded Libya al-Mustakbal (Libya Future) Movement. He is described as a pro-Erdoğan politician, having close relations to Turkey.[5]
He is a candidate in the 2021 Libyan presidential election.
Lockerbie bombing
On 15 December 2022, The Libya Observer tweeted:
- In an address to the nation, Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah said that Abu Agila Masud, the Libyan national accused of being involved in the Lockerbie bombing, is a suspect in terrorist activities for killing more than 270 innocent people in one operation.[6]
- Dbeibah added: "After being classified as a terrorist and an arrest warrant issued against him, it was our duty to extradite him to clear our country of terrorism."[7]
References
- ↑ "Libya's Dabaiba: Women to make up 15% of proposed government"
- ↑ "UN-led Libya forum selects new interim government"
- ↑ "Abdul Hamid Dbeibah: Who is Libya’s new prime minister?"
- ↑ "Libyans Who Looted Gaddafi’s Graft-Ridden Development Fund Banked at Credit Suisse"
- ↑ "Erdogan’s Sinister Game In Libya: Construction Corruption"
- ↑ "Abu Agila Masud accused of being involved in the Lockerbie bombing"
- ↑ "Our duty to extradite Masud"
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