The UNF announces with great sadness the death of its member Dr Mahmoud Jibril

The UNF announces with great sadness the death of its member Dr Mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of the Libyan Arab Republic.

 

It is with infinite sadness that HE Christophe Giovannetti, President of the UNF and HE Bilal Ghamraoui, Vice President in charge of the Middle East are saddened to announce the death of Dr Mahmoud Jibril following Covid-19 at the age 68 years old.

In 1975, Mahmoud Jibril graduated in economic and political sciences from the University of Cairo. He then obtained a master’s degree in political science in 1980 and a doctorate in political science in 1985 at the University of Pittsburgh. He taught strategic planning in Pittsburgh for several years and published 10 books on this subject, as well as on decision-making, including Imagery and Ideology in U.S. Policy Toward Libya, 1969–19821. From 2007 to the end of 2010, he officiated in the Gaddafi regime at the head of the office of national economic development, an organization charged with carrying out the economic reforms of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. On March 23, 2011, at the start of the Libyan insurgency, the National Transitional Council (CNT) appointed Jibril to head the newly created transitional government.

Jibril is one of the CNT’s emissaries who travels to foreign capitals to obtain the support of the international community. He meets President Nicolas Sarkozy on several occasions in Paris. On March 10, 2011, after one of these meetings, France became the first country to officially recognize the CNT as the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people. He also meets William Hague, secretary for foreign affairs of the Union Kingdom as well as Gene Cretz, ambassador of the Union States in Libya, persuading them to openly support the CNT. Although the press and international diplomacy often describe him as “Prime Minister”, “Acting Prime Minister” or more simply “number 2 of the CNT”, his official function is called “President of the Executive Council and responsible for International Affairs . ”

For several years he had participated with H.E Bilal Ghamraoui in many reflections to allow the UNF to participate in making the current world better especially in countries in crisis. We are of course thinking of his family and his loved ones and his memory will always be present in our thoughts.