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Appointment as Prime Minister

Libya · Government / Government of Libya. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1954–1972Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1954

Mustafa Ben Halim12 April 1954

Tripoli · Government / Government of Libya

King Idris appoints Ben Halim to lead the Libyan government.

1965

Hussein Maziq20 March 1965

Tripoli · Government / Government of Libya

King Idris appoints Maziq to head the national government.

1967

Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush25 October 1967

Tripoli · Government / Government of Libya

Al-Bakkoush forms a government after the regional crisis following the Arab-Israeli war.

1968

Wanis al-Qaddafi4 September 1968

Tripoli · Government / Government of Libya

King Idris appoints al-Qaddafi as the monarchy's final prime minister.

1970

Muammar Gaddafi16 January 1970

Tripoli · Government / Government of Libya

Gaddafi assumes the office of Prime Minister while chairing the Revolutionary Command Council.

1972

Abdessalam Jalloud16 July 1972

Tripoli · Government / Government of Libya

Jalloud succeeds Gaddafi as prime minister while the Revolutionary Command Council retains authority.

Names involved

Abdessalam JalloudAbdul Hamid al-BakkoushHussein MaziqMuammar GaddafiMustafa Ben HalimWanis al-Qaddafi

Provenance

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