Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi

Jadallah at-Talhi جاد الله عزوز الطلحي
Prime Minister of Libya
In office 2 March 1979 – 16 February 1984 3 March 1986 – 1 March 1987
Preceded by	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Succeeded by	Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
Foreign Minister of Libya
In office 1987–1990
Preceded by	Kamal Hassan Al Mansour
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Al Bishari

Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (Arabic: جاد الله عزوز الطلحي‎) is a Libyan diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Libya for two terms.

Career

He was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya (Prime Minister) for two terms, the first term from 2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984 and the second term from September 1986 to 1 March 1987.^[1] In March 1987 Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir succeeded him as prime minister.^[2]

Talhi served as foreign minister of Libya in the late 1980s.^[3] Then he was appointed minister for strategic industries at the beginning of the 2000s.^[3]

Then he became the minister of foreign affairs in 1987, replacing Kamal Hassan Al Mansour as foreign minister.^[4] Talhi's tenure lasted until 1990.

Talhi was Libya's UN ambassador and held a Security Council chair for the January 2008 – December 2009 term.

References

1. "The World". LA Times. 3 March 1987. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
2. "Libya". Mongobay. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
3. Trevor Rowe (22 January 1992). "U.N. Presses Libya on Bombing". The Washington Post. p. A01. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
4. Helen Chapin Metz (30 June 2004). Libya. Kessinger Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4191-3012-0. Retrieved 2 April 2013.