Wahbi al-Bouri

Wahbi El-Bouri
وهبي البوري
Foreign Minister of Libya
In office
26 May 1957 – 11 October 1958
Prime MinisterAbdul Majid Kubar
Preceded byAbdul Majid Kubar
Succeeded byAbdul Majid Kubar
In office
20 March – 2 October 1965
Prime MinisterHussein Maziq
Preceded byHussein Maziq
Succeeded byAhmad Bishti
Justice Minister of Libya
In office
3 May 1961 – 11 October 1962
Prime MinisterMuhammad Osman Said
Preceded byAbdur Rahman al-Galhoud
Succeeded byOmar Mahmud al-Muntasir
Petroleum Minister of Libya
In office
11 October 1962 – 13 November 1963
Prime MinisterMuhammad Osman Said
Mohieddin Fikini
Preceded byAnwar Ben Gharsa
Succeeded byAli Aneizi
Personal details
Born(1916-01-23)23 January 1916[1]
Alexandria, Egypt
Died7 June 2010 (aged 94)
Benghazi, Libya

Wahbi Ahmed El-Bouri Arabic: وهبي البوري (23 January 1916 – 7 June 2010) was a Libyan politician, diplomat, writer and translator.[2][3] He was the foreign minister of Libya from 1957 to 1958 and later from 1965 to 1966. He was also a petroleum minister of Libya and a Libyan Ambassador in the United Nations[2] and the founder of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York the first mosque and Islamic school in the city - 1967 also nominated by the king as a Prime Minister in 1969.

  1. ^ Europa Publications Limited (1961). The Middle East and North Africa. Europa Publications. ISSN 0076-8502. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b رحيل رائد القصة الليبية وهبي البوري (in Arabic). Moheet. 2010-06-09. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ ليبيا تشيع المؤرخ وهبي البوري (in Arabic). Al Jazeera. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 12 January 2012.