Shukri Ghanem Prime minister

Shukri Mohammed Ghanem (Arabic: شكري محمد غانم‎) (9 October 1942 – 29 April 2012) was a Libyan politician who was the General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya (prime minister) from June 2003 until March 2006 when, in the first major government re-shuffle in over a decade, he was replaced by his deputy, Baghdadi Mahmudi. Ghanem subsequently served as the Minister of Oil until 2011. On 29 April 2012, his body was found floating on the New Danube, Vienna.Early in the Libyan Civil War he reportedly "fled", but after the city of Ra's Lanuf was recaptured by pro-government forces, AP reported on 13 March that he asked Eni SpA for help with putting out a fire at the Ra's Lanuf Refinery. On 16 May, Al Arabiya and the NTC reported that Shukri Ghanem defected to Tunisia. The next day Tunisian security officials confirmed he had indeed defected into Tunisia.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 09, 1942
Birth place
Tripoli , Italian Libya
Date of deathApril 29, 2012
Place of death
Vienna , Austria
Education
Tufts University
University of Benghazi

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Politician

officePrime Minister of Libya
successor

Prime minister

FromJune 14, 2003
ToMarch 05, 2006

Shukri Ghanem on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4777332.stm