Abdul Ati al-Obeidi

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi عبد العاطي العبيدي
Prime Minister of Libya
In office 1 March 1977 – 1 March 1979
Preceded by	Abdessalam Jalloud
Succeeded by	Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress
In office 2 March 1979 – 7 January 1981
Preceded by	Muammar Gaddafi
Succeeded by	Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Foreign Minister of Libya
In office 1982–1984
Preceded by	Ali Treki
Succeeded by	Ali Treki
In office 2011–2011
Preceded by	Moussa Koussa
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Jibril
Personal details
Born	(1939-10-10) 10 October 1939[1] Libya

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ( pronunciation  Arabic: عبد العاطي العبيدي ‎‎); born 10 October 1939) is a Libyan politician and diplomat. He held various top posts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi; he was Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979 and Head of State from 1979 to 1981. Abdul Ati al-Obeidi was one of three main negotiators in Libya's decision to denounce and drop their nuclear weapons program. Amidst a civil war between Gaddafi loyalists and rebels, he was Foreign Minister in 2011. On 31 August 2011 he was detained west of Tripoli by rebel forces.^[2][3]

Career

General Secretary of the General People's Committee (Prime Minister)

• 1 March 1977 to 1 March 1979

General Secretary of the General People's Congress (Head of State)

• 2 March 1979 to 7 January 1981

Other positions

• Minister for European Affairs
• Minister of Foreign Affairs: 1982 to 1984; 2011
• Deputy Foreign Minister
• Libyan Ambassador to Tunisia
• Libyan Ambassador to Italy

See also

• List of heads of government of Libya
• Libyan Civil War
• History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
• Foreign relations of Libya

References

Notes

• World Statesmen - Libya

External links

• Britain, Libya to resume diplomatic relations
• The meeting that brought Libya in from the cold

Heads of government of Libya
Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)	Mahmud al-Muntasir Muhammad Sakizli Mustafa Ben Halim Abdul Majid Kubar Muhammad Osman Said Mohieddin Fikini Mahmud al-Muntasir Hussein Maziq Abdul Qadir al-Badri Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush Wanis al-Qaddafi
Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)	Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi Muammar Gaddafi Abdessalam Jalloud
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir Abuzed Omar Dorda Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush Imbarek Shamekh Shukri Ghanem Baghdadi Mahmudi
Transitional period (2011–present)	Mahmoud Jibril Ali Tarhouni Abdurrahim El-Keib Ali Zeidan Abdullah al-Thani (contested by Ahmed Maiteeq Omar al-Hassi Khalifa al-Ghawil) Fayez al-Sarraj (contested by Abdullah al-Thani Khalifa al-Ghawi)
Italics indicate acting officeholder

Heads of state of Libya
Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)	Idris
Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)	Muammar Gaddafi
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)	Muammar Gaddafi Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Mifta al-Usta Umar Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa Muhammad az-Zanati Miftah Muhammed K'eba Imbarek Shamekh Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai
Transitional period (2011–present)	Mustafa Abdul Jalil Mohammed Ali Salim Mohammed Magariaf Giuma Ahmed Atigha Nouri Abusahmain Abu Bakr Baira Aguila Saleh Issa (contested by Nouri Abusahmain) Presidential Council (contested by Aguila Saleh Issa)
Italics indicate interim officeholder