Ali Sahli

Ali Sahli
Libyan Foreign Minister
In office 30 October 1956 – 14 March 1957
Prime Minister	Mustafa Ben Halim
Preceded by	Mustafa Ben Halim
Succeeded by	Abdul Majid Kubar
Libyan Justice Minister
In office 26 March – 30 October 1956
Prime Minister	Mustafa Ben Halim
Preceded by	Abdur Rahman al-Galhoud
Succeeded by	Mohieddin Fikini
Personal details
Born	3 April 1924 Benghazi, Libya
Died	21 May 2004 (aged 80) Amman, Jordan

Ali S. El Sahli (علي الساحلي) (1924–2004) was a Libyan politician who held various government posts between 1952 and 1967.

Place and date of birth

Benghazi, Libya, 3 April 1924.

Education

• LL. B. (London)
• D. Litt. (Venice)

Posts held

* Nazir (Provincial Minister) of Justice, Cyrenaica		1952–1954
* President of the Executive Council (Provincial Prime Minister), Cyrenaica		1954
* Minister of Communications		1954–1955
* Minister of Finance		1955–1956
* Minister of Justice		1956
* Minister of Foreign Affairs		1956–1957 [1]
* Ambassador in Great Britain		1957–1958
* Chief of the Royal Diwan (The King’s Cabinet)		1958–1965
* Ambassador in Italy		1965–1967
* Minister of the Interior		1967
* Practising Barrister		1967–1970
* Professor, Faculty of Arts and Education,University of Garyounis		1970–1986

Decorations

* The Highest Order of Independence,	Grade 1		(LIBYA)
* The Highest Order of Independence,	Grade 1		(TUNISIA)
* The Highest Order of the Crown,	Grade 1		(MOROCCO)
* The Highest Order of King George,	Grade 1		(GREECE)
* The Highest Order of The Bright Star,	Grade 1		(CHINA)
* Knight of Great Cross,			(ITALY)

References

1. Brownlie, Ian; Ian R. Burns (1979). African boundaries: a legal and diplomatic encyclopaedia. C. Hurst & Co. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-903983-87-7.

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