List of heads of government of Libya

Prime Minister of Libya
Seal of the National Transitional Council
Incumbent Abdurrahim El-Keib (Acting) since 24 November 2011
Appointer	Chairman of 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)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Kingdom of Libya
المملكة الليبية (al-Mamlakat al-Lībiyya)
29 March 1951 to 19 February 1954		Mahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Minister	n-p	1st Time
19 February 1954 to 12 April 1954		Muhammad Sakizli, Prime Minister	n-p
12 April 1954 to 26 May 1957		Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister	n-p
26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960		Abdul Majid Kubar, Prime Minister	n-p
17 October 1960 to 19 March 1963		Muhammad Osman Said, Prime Minister	n-p
19 March 1963 to 20 January 1964		Mohieddin Fikini, Prime Minister	n-p
20 January 1964 to 20 March 1965		Mahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Minister	n-p	2nd Time
20 March 1965 to 2 July 1967		Hussein Maziq, Prime Minister	n-p
2 July 1967 to 25 October 1967		Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Prime Minister	n-p
25 October 1967 to 4 September 1968		Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush, Prime Minister	n-p
4 September 1968 to 31 August 1969		Wanis al-Qaddafi, Prime Minister	n-p	Deposed in the 1969 coup d'état
Libyan Arab Republic
الجمهورية العربية الليبية (Al-Jumhuriyya al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyya)
8 September 1969 to 16 January 1970		Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi, Prime Minister	n-p
16 January 1970 to 16 July 1972		Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, Prime Minister	Mil/ASU
16 July 1972 to 2 March 1977		Major Abdessalam Jalloud, Prime Minister	Mil/ASU
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى (Al-Jamāhīriyya al-`Arabiyya al-Lībiyya aš-Ša'biyya al-Ištirākiyya al-`Uẓmā)
2 March 1977 to 2 March 1979		Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984		Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p	1st Time
16 February 1984 to 3 March 1986		Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
3 March 1986 to 1 March 1987		Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p	2nd Time
1 March 1987 to 7 October 1990		Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994		Abuzed Omar Dorda, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
29 January 1994 to 29 December 1997		Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
29 December 1997 to 1 March 2000		Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
1 March 2000 to 14 June 2003		Imbarek Shamekh, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
14 June 2003 to 5 March 2006		Shukri Ghanem, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p
5 March 2006 to 23 August 2011		Baghdadi Mahmudi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee	n-p	Disputed from 5 March 2011
Libyan Republic
الجمهورية الليبية (al-Jumhūriyya al-Lībiyya)
5 March 2011 to 23 March 2011		Mahmoud Jibril, Head of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Council	n-p	In rebellion to 23 August 2011
23 March 2011 to 23 October 2011		Mahmoud Jibril, Interim Prime Minister
23 October 2011 to 24 November 2011		Ali Tarhouni, Interim Prime Minister	n-p
24 November 2011 to Present		Abdurrahim El-Keib, Interim Prime Minister	n-p

Affiliations

ASU	Arab Socialist Union          Nasserist, centrist, government party, only legal party 1971-1977
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

See also

• List of heads of state of Libya

References

• World Statesmen – Libya