List of heads of government of Libya

Prime Minister of Libya
Seal of the Prime Minister of Libya
Incumbent Abdurrahim El-Keib (Acting) since 24 November 2011
Appointer	Mustafa Abdul Jalil, as Chairman of the National Transitional Council
Inaugural holder	Mahmud al-Muntasir
Formation	29 March 1951

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This is a list of heads of government of Libya since independence in 1951.

Since independence, heads of government of Libya have been Prime Ministers (1951-1977), then General Secretaries of the General People's Committee (1977-2011) and again Prime Ministers (2011-Present).

Heads of Government of Libya (1951–Present)

#	Portrait	Name (Born-Died) (Term)	Term of Office		Party
Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)
1		Mahmud al-Muntasir محمود المنتصر (1903–1970) (1st Term)	29 March 1951	19 February 1954	Independent
2		Muhammad Sakizli محمد الساقزلي (1892–1976)	19 February 1954	12 April 1954	Independent
3		Mustafa Ben Halim مصطفى احمد بن حليم (b. 1921)	12 April 1954	26 May 1957	Independent
4		Abdul Majid Kubar عبد المجيد كعبار (1909–1986)	26 May 1957	17 October 1960	Independent
5		Muhammad Osman Said محمد عثمان الصيد (1922–2007)	17 October 1960	19 March 1963	Independent
6		Mohieddin Fikini محي الدين فكيني (1925–1994)	19 March 1963	20 January 1964	Independent
(1)		Mahmud al-Muntasir محمود المنتصر (1903–1970) (2nd Term)	20 January 1964	20 March 1965	Independent
7		Hussein Maziq حسين يوسف مازق (1918–2006)	20 March 1965	2 July 1967	Independent
8		Abdul Qadir al-Badri عبد القادر البدري (1921–2003)	2 July 1967	25 October 1967	Independent
9		Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush عبد الحميد البكوش (1933–2007)	25 October 1967	4 September 1968	Independent
10		Wanis al-Qaddafi ونيس القذافي (1924–1986)	4 September 1968	31 August 1969	Independent
Prime Ministers of the Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)
1		Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi محمود سليمان المغربي (1935–2009)	8 September 1969	16 January 1970	Independent
2		Muammar Gaddafi مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي (1942–2011)	16 January 1970	16 July 1972	Military / Arab Socialist Union
3		Abdessalam Jalloud عبد السلام جلود (b. 1944)	16 July 1972	2 March 1977	Military / Arab Socialist Union
General Secretaries of the General People's Committee of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)
1		Abdul Ati al-Obeidi عبد العاطي العبيدي (b. 1939)	2 March 1977	2 March 1979	Independent
2		Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi جاد الله عزوز الطلحي (b. ?) (1st Term)	2 March 1979	16 February 1984	Independent
3		Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab محمد الزروق رجب (b. 1940)	16 February 1984	3 March 1986	Independent
(2)		Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi جاد الله عزوز الطلحي (b. ?) (2nd Term)	3 March 1986	1 March 1987	Independent
4		Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir عمر مصطفى ألمنتصر (1939–2001)	1 March 1987	7 October 1990	Independent
5		Abuzed Omar Dorda أبو زيد عمر دوردة (b. 1944)	7 October 1990	29 January 1994	Independent
6		Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud عبد المجيد القعود (b. 1943)	29 January 1994	29 December 1997	Independent
7		Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush محمد أحمد المنقوش (b. ?)	29 December 1997	1 March 2000	Independent
8		Imbarek Shamekh امبارك عبدالله الشامخ (b. 1952)	1 March 2000	14 June 2003	Independent
9		Shukri Ghanem شكري محمد غانم (1942–2012)	14 June 2003	5 March 2006	Independent
10		Baghdadi Mahmudi البغدادي علي المحمودي (b. 1945)	5 March 2006	23 August 2011	Independent
Prime Ministers of the National Transitional Council (2011–Present)
—		Mahmoud Jibril محمود جبريل (b. 1952) (Interim Prime Minister)	5 March 2011	23 October 2011	Independent
—		Ali Tarhouni علي الترهوني (b. 1951) (Interim Prime Minister)	23 October 2011	24 November 2011	Independent
—		Abdurrahim El-Keib عبد الرحيم الكيب (b. 1950) (Interim Prime Minister)	24 November 2011	Incumbent	Independent

See also

• Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
• List of heads of state of Libya

References

• World Statesmen – Libya