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Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
(
Arabic
:
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) (29 November 1935 ? 17 July 2009) was the Prime Minister of
Libya
from 8 September 1969 to 16 January 1970.
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Biography
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Maghribi, who was born and raised in
Haifa
before moving to
Syria
in 1948.
Maghribi worked within the ministry of education in
Qatar
while studying law at
Damascus University
before gaining his PhD in petroleum law at
George Washington University
in the United States in 1966.
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In his PhD thesis, he argued that it would be "unwise" for a country to nationalize oil production on its own.
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From there he moved to Libya and initiated a strike among the country's petroleum workers in 1967 against foreign exploitation of Libyan resources, for which he was sentenced to four year imprisonment and stripped of his Libyan nationality.
He was the first prime minister of
Libya
after the
revolution
in 1969. He was
Minister of Treasury
from 1969 to 1970. He later represented Libya at the
United Nations
from 1970 before moving to London as Libyan ambassador to the UK. He left the embassy in October 1976, but remained in London working as a legal consultant. He retired to
Damascus
in 2008.
He co-founded 'the Children of Palestine' in Syria in 1950
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citation needed
]
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The organisation fought for and won the rights of Palestinians in Syria
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citation needed
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and his fondness of Syria and belief in pan-Arab unity remained strong throughout his life.
He died on 17 July 2009, survived by his wife, three daughters and a granddaughter.
Ministers
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Minister of Defense
Adam al-Hawaz
Minister of Interior
Musa Ahmed
Minister of Finance, Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi
Minister of Labor and Affairs
Anis Ahmed Shteiwi
Minister of Oil
Anis Ahmed Shteiwi
Minister of Unity and Foreign Affairs
Salah Busir
Minister of Education and National Guidance
Mohamed al-Shetwi
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