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Ali Zeidan

Ali Zeidan
علي زيدان
Zeidan at the US State Department, 2013
Prime Minister of Libya
In office
14 November 2012 – 11 March 2014
PresidentMohammed Magariaf
Juma Ahmad Atigha (Acting)
Nouri Abusahmain
Preceded byAbdurrahim El-Keib
Succeeded byAbdullah al-Thani
Personal details
Born (1950-12-05) 5 December 1950 (age 74)[citation needed]
Waddan, Fezzan-Ghadamès (now Libya)[citation needed]
CitizenshipLibya
Germany[1]
Political partyNational Party For Development and Welfare
Alma materJawaharlal Nehru University
ReligionSunni Islam

Ali Zeidan (sometimes written as Zidan; Arabic: علي زيدان; born 5 December 1950)[citation needed] is a former prime minister of Libya. He was appointed by the General National Congress on 14 October 2012, and took office on 14 November after Congress approved his cabinet nominees.[2][3] Prior to the Libyan Civil War, Zeidan was a Geneva-based human rights lawyer.[4] According to the BBC, he is considered by some local observers as a strong-minded liberal.[5] He was ousted by the parliament committee and fled from Libya on 14 March 2014.[6] However, he told a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, that the ousting was invalid.[7]

  1. ^ [ "ليبيا.. فرار علي زيدان إلى ألمانيا" (in Arabic). Sky News Arabia. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Libya Congress elects former congressman and rights lawyer Ali Zeidan as new prime minister". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  3. ^ Zaptia, Sami (14 November 2012). "Zeidan government sworn in". Libya Herald. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Ali Zeidan, ex-Kadhafi opponent, elected Libya PM". AFP. 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Libya ex-PM Zeidan 'leaves country despite travel ban'". BBC. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Libya's ousted PM calls his removal invalid". 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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