List of heads of government of Libya

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 from 1951 to 1977. Then General Secretaries of the General People's Committee from 1977 to 2011. Prime Ministers were back in the Libyan government since 2011.

Heads of Government of Libya (1951–present)

(Dates in italics indicate continuation of office)

TenurePortraitIncumbentAffiliationNotesKingdom of Libyaالمملكة الليبية (al-Mamlakat al-Lībiyya)29 March 1951 to 24 December 195160pxMahmud al-Muntasir, Interim Prime Ministern-p1st Term24 December 1951 to 19 February 1954Mahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Minister19 February 1954 to 12 April 195460pxMuhammad Sakizli, Prime Ministern-p12 April 1954 to 26 May 195760pxMustafa Ben Halim, Prime Ministern-p26 May 1957 to 17 October 196060pxAbdul Majid Kubar, Prime Ministern-p17 October 1960 to 19 March 196360pxMuhammad Osman Said, Prime Ministern-p19 March 1963 to 20 January 196460pxMohieddin Fikini, Prime Ministern-p20 January 1964 to 20 March 196560pxMahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Ministern-p2nd Term20 March 1965 to 2 July 196760pxHussein Maziq, Prime Ministern-p2 July 1967 to 25 October 196760px Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Prime Ministern-p25 October 1967 to 4 September 196860px Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush, Prime Ministern-p4 September 1968 to 31 August 196960pxWanis al-Qaddafi, Prime Ministern-pDeposed in a coup d'étatLibyan Arab Republicالجمهورية العربية الليبية (Al-Jumhuriyya al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyya)8 September 1969 to 16 January 1970 Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi, Prime Ministern-p16 January 1970 to 16 July 197260pxColonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, Prime MinisterMil/ASU16 July 1972 to 2 March 1977 Major Abdessalam Jalloud, Prime MinisterMil/ASUGreat Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyaالجماهيرية 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 Committeen-p2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984 Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p1st Term16 February 1984 to 3 March 1986 Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p3 March 1986 to 1 March 1987 Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p2nd Term1 March 1987 to 7 October 1990 Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994 Abuzed Omar Dorda, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p29 January 1994 to 29 December 1997 Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p29 December 1997 to 1 March 2000 Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p1 March 2000 to 14 June 2003 Imbarek Shamekh, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p14 June 2003 to 5 March 2006 Shukri Ghanem, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-p5 March 2006 to 23 August 201160pxBaghdadi Mahmudi, General Secretary of the General People's Committeen-pDeposed in the Libyan civil warNational Transitional Council المجلس الوطني الانتقالي (Al-Majlis al-Waṭanī al-Intiqālī)5 March 2011 to 23 March 201160pxMahmoud Jibril, Head of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Counciln-pIn rebellion to 23 August 201123 March 2011 to 23 October 2011Mahmoud Jibril, Interim Prime Minister23 October 2011 to 24 November 201160pxAli Tarhouni, Acting Prime Ministern-p24 November 2011 to 8 August 2012Abdurrahim El-Keib, Interim Prime Ministern-pGeneral National Congress المؤتمر الوطني العام (al-Mu’tamar al-Waṭanī al-‘āmm)8 August 2012 to 14 November 2012Abdurrahim El-Keib, Interim Prime Ministern-p14 November 2012 to 9 January 201360pxAli Zeidan, Prime MinisterNFPDW State of Libya دولة ليبيا (Dawlat Libya)9 January 2013 to 11 March 201460pxAli Zeidan, Prime MinisterNFPDWBriefly kidnapped by armed gunmen during the 2013 coup d'état attempt11 March 2014 to 8 April 2014 60pxAbdullah al-Thanay, Acting Prime Ministern-p8 April 2014 to 4 May 2014Abdullah al-Thanay, Prime Minister4 May 2014 to 12 March 2016  Ahmed Maiteeq, Prime Minister  12 March 2016 to 15 March 2021  60px Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister15 March 2021 to now 60px Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister

Affiliations
'ASU'Arab Socialist Union     Nasserist, centrist, government party, only legal party 1971-1977   MilMilitaryNFPDWNational Party For Development and Welfaren-pnon-partisan [ edit this box]

Related pages
List of heads of state of Libya

References
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