Ashour Bin Khayal

Ashour Bin Khayal عاشور بن خيال
Foreign Minister
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 November 2011
President	Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Prime Minister	Abdurrahim El-Keib
Preceded by	Mahmoud Jibril
Personal details
Born	1939 (age 84–85) Derna, Libya
Political party	Libyan National Movement
Alma mater	University of Libya (B.A.) Institute of Higher Education (M.A.))
Profession	Diplomat

Ashour Bin Khayal (Arabic: عاشور بن خيال), sometimes romanised Bin Hayal, is a Libyan diplomat and politician who was born in the Cyrenaican city of Derna September 1939 . He was named Foreign Minister on 22 November 2011 by Abdurrahim El-Keib in a surprise move, as the position was originally reported to be filled by Libya's deputy ambassador to United Nations Ibrahim Dabbashi. He was described as little-known prior to his appointment.

Bin Khayal was previously the first secretary at the Libyan embassy in Rome in the late 1960s. Bin Khayal served as Libya's First Secretary and Adviser for the Libyan Mission to the United Nations, New York at the UN Security Council during Libya’s 1976-1977 membership term. During his term at the UN he also worked in the capacity of Deputy Delegate with Mansur al-Kikhia. He was also Libya’s ambassador to Korea but resigned in 1984 after a gunman fired from the Libyan embassy in London at a protest outside, killing police office Yvonne Fletcher.

After defecting Bin Khayal joined the ranks of the Libyan National resistance and was later named the Deputy Secretary General of the National Libyan Alliance. In 2005 after the killing of Kikhya he served as Chairman and later as president for the National Conference of the Libyan Opposition. During the February 17 uprising, the Conference declared support for the National Transitional Council and allocated all possible resources towards the service of the nation.

External Links

Libyan Foreign Ministry (Arabic)
Interim Government Official website (Executive Office)