Abdullah al-Thani
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Abdullah al-Thani | |
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Prime Minister of Libya Acting |
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Assumed office 11 March 2014 Acting: 11 March 2014 – 8 April 2014 Acting from: 11 August 2015 |
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President | Nouri Abusahmain Abu Bakr Baira (Acting) Aguila Saleh Issa |
Preceded by | Ali Zeidan |
Succeeded by | Fayez al-Sarraj |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70)[1] |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Royal Libyan Military Academy |
*Thani's premiership was disputed from 6 September 2014, first by Omar al-Hassi and then by Khalifa al-Ghawi. |
Abdullah al-Thani (Arabic: عبد الله الثني Libyan pronunciation: [ʕæbˈdɑllɑ tˈtini, -ˈθæni]) is a Libyan politician who became Prime Minister of Libya on 11 March 2014, when he took over in an interim capacity after Congress dismissed Ali Zeidan.[2] He was previously the defence minister in the government of Ali Zeidan.[3]
Prime Minister
In April 2014, al-Thani negotiated the reopening of two out of four oil ports seized by rebels.[4] Also, after he threatened to resign, the Congress officially confirmed him as prime minister in a permanent capacity and vested him with greater powers to deal with Libya's problems.[2]
However, al-Thani submitted his resignation as prime minister on 13 April 2014, although he was asked to stay on as a caretaker until the election of a successor.[5] Ahmed Maiteeq was eventually elected as the new prime minister, but Maiteeq's election was voided on 9 June and al-Thani was reinstated as caretaker.[6]
After the election of a Council of Deputies to govern Libya, al-Thani attended the opening ceremony of the new parliament in Tobruk on 4 August 2014.[7] He and his cabinet again resigned on 29 August 2014,[8] citing a need to give the controversial new parliament a chance to choose a new, inclusive government[9] after Islamist lawmakers convened a new meeting of the General National Congress in Tripoli and declared al-Thani dismissed, although he defended the elected Council of Deputies as "the only legitimate authority in the country".[10] The next week, however, the Tobruk-based lawmakers reappointed al-Thani as prime minister and tasked him with forming a "crisis government".[11]
With Libya sliding into civil war between the two rival governments, al-Thani ordered General Khalifa Haftar to "liberate" Tripoli in October 2014.[12] In March 2015, following the start of a military intervention in support of the internationally recognised government in Yemen, al-Thani compared the situation in his country to the situation in Yemen and said Libya would call on the Arab League to "restore legitimacy".[13]
On 26 May 2015 he survived an assassination attempt when gunmen fired on his convoy in Tobruk.[14]
Abdullah al-Thani resigned as Prime Minister on 11 August 2015, over a year into the Second Libyan Civil War, saying his "exit is the solution."[15]
See also
References
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- ↑ Libya Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni resigns BBC. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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Preceded by | Prime Minister of Libya 2014–2016 |
Succeeded by Fayez al-Sarraj |