List of heads of state of Libya

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

Heads of state of Libya (1951–present)

Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)  Name Portrait Lifespan Reign Dynasty Reign start Reign end Duration King of Libya 1 Idris I 100px 1889–1983 24 December 1951 1 September 1969  Senussi Libya under Gaddafi (1969–2011)

Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)  Name Portrait Lifespan Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council 2 Muammar Gaddafi 100px 1942–2011 1 September 1969 2 March 1977  Military /  Arab Socialist Union   Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) Secretaries-General of the General People's Congress  Muammar Gaddafi 100px 1942–2011 2 March 1977 2 March 1979  years Military /  Independent  3 Abdul Ati al-Obeidi 100px born 1939 2 March 1979 7 January 1981  Independent  4 Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab 100px born 1940 7 January 1981 15 February 1984  Independent  5 Mifta al-Usta Umar 100px 1935–2010 15 February 1984 7 October 1990  Independent  6 Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa 100px 1933–2016 7 October 1990 18 January 1992  Independent 7 Muhammad az-Zanati 100px 1937–2025 18 January 1992 3 March 2008  Independent  8 Miftah Muhammed K'eba 100px born 1947 3 March 2008 5 March 2009  Independent 9 Imbarek Shamekh 100px born 1952 5 March 2009 26 January 2010  Independent  10 Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai 100px born 1952 26 January 2010 23 August 2011  Independent Transitional period (2011–present) Chairman of the National Transitional Council 11 Mustafa Abdul Jalil 100px born 1952 5 March 2011 8 August 2012  Independent  Presidents of the General National Congress — Mohammed Ali Salim 100px born 1935 8 August 2012 9 August 2012  Independent  12 Mohammed Magariaf 100px born 1940 9 August 2012 28 May 2013  National Front Party  — Giuma Ahmed Atigha 100px born 1950 28 May 2013 25 June 2013  Independent 13 Nouri Abusahmain 100px born 1956 25 June 2013 5 April 2016  Independent   Presidents of the House of Representatives — Abu Bakr Baira  100px born 1941 4 August 2014 5 August 2014  Independent  14 Aguila Saleh Issa 100px born 1944 5 August 2014 15 March 2021  Independent   Chairmen of the Presidential Council 15 Fayez al-Sarraj 100px born 1960 30 March 2016 15 March 2021  Independent  16 Mohamed al-Menfi 100px born 1976 15 March 2021 Incumbent  Independent 

Affiliations
ASUArab Socialist Union     Nasserist, centrist, government party, only legal party 1971-1977MilMilitaryNFPNational Front Party     Centrist; successor political organization (2012–present) to the diaspora National Front for the Salvation of Libya (in exile 1981–2011)  n-pnon-partisan [ edit this box]

References
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