Mustafa Abdul Jalil

Mustafa Abdul Jalil
مصطفى عبد الجليل
Abdul Jalil in 2011
Chairman of the National Transitional Council
In office
5 March 2011 – 8 August 2012
Prime MinisterMahmoud Jibril
Ali Tarhouni (Acting)
Abdurrahim El-Keib
Vice PresidentAbdul Hafiz Ghoga
Mustafa Honi
Preceded byMuammar Gaddafi (Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution)
Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (Secretary General of General People's Congress)
Succeeded byMohammed Ali Salim (Acting President of the General National Congress)
Secretary of the Libyan General Committee for Justice
In office
10 January 2007 – 21 February 2011
Prime MinisterBaghdadi Mahmudi
LeaderMuammar Gaddafi
Preceded byAli Omar al-Hasnawi
Succeeded byMuhammad Ahmed al-Qamoudi (Secretary of the Libyan General Committee for Justice)
Ali Ashour (Minister of Justice)
Personal details
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Beida, Kingdom of Libya
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Libya

Mustafa Abdul Jalil[1] (Arabic: مصطفى عبد الجليل; also transcribed Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil,[2] Abdel-Jalil, Abdeljalil or Abdu Al Jeleil; born 1952)[3] is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional Council from 5 March 2011 until its dissolution on 8 August 2012. This position meant he was de facto head of state during a transitional period after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's government in the Libyan Civil War, and until the handover of power to the General National Congress.

Before the war, Abdul Jalil served as Muammar Gaddafi's Minister of Justice (officially, the Secretary of the General People's Committee of Justice).[2] He was noted in some news media[who?] for his stance against various human rights violations in Libya, although Diana West accused him of intransigence during the Bulgarian nurses affair.[4]

  1. ^ "Rebel leader calls for 'immediate action' on no-fly zone". CNN. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "World leaders - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (Libya, as at March 17, 2010)". CIA. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Provisional rebel government leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil". Monsters and Critics. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  4. ^ Diana West (26 August 2011). "Post-Qaddafi Libya: The Triumph of "Bulgarian Nurses Affair" Cabal". dianawest.net.