Massoud Abdelhafid

Massoud Abdelhafid
Allegiance  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Service/branch Libyan Army
Rank General officer
Battles/wars Chadian-Libyan conflict
2011 Libyan civil war

Massoud Abdelhafid was a prominent Libyan General in the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. He has held various positions of government since the 1969 coup d'etat of Muammar Gaddafi including Commander of Military Security,[1] Governor of Southern Libya[2][3] and Head of Security in Major Cities.[4] He is a key figure in Libya's relations with neighbouring Chad and Sudan.[5] Massoud Abdelhafid was a senior commander in the Libyan Army during the Chadian-Libyan conflict.[6] Known for his leadership of Libyan-backed insurrections and wars in Chad, he has been referred to as "Mr Chad".[2]

2011 Libyan civil war

The United Nations Security Council drafted a resolution naming 23 senior Libyan officials in the regime of Muammar Gaddafi to be sanctioned. The resolution, which included travel bans and asset freezes, named Massoud Abdelhafid.[7]

Subsequent to the defection of Abdul Fatah Younis, Muammar Gaddafi designated Abdelhafid to the position of interior minister.[8] General Massoud Abdelhafid led the pro-Gaddafi forces in the city of Sabha during the Battle of Sabha and the Fezzan campaign.[2]

Abdelhafid was reported to have fled to Egypt alongside Interior Minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Black, CR: Deterring Libya, the Strategic Culture of Muammar Qaddafi, Page 11, The Counter Proliferation Papers, Air University, 2000.
  2. 1 2 3 Ruth Sherlock and Richard Spencer in Tripoli (10 September 2011). "All eyes on the desert as the hunt for Gaddafi continues". Telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "The Right of Peoples to Self-Determination". The National Council of Tibesti. 2004.
  4. ↑ "Gaddafi Security Clan".
  5. ↑ Africa Energy Intelligence: Libya-Chad, Tidjani Thiam, Indigo Publications, 2001.
  6. ↑ Correau L (2008). "RFI - 1977-79 La conquête du Nord, Habré à N’Djamena (The conquest of the North, Habre in N'Djamena)". RFI. translated link.
  7. ↑ "UN draft sanctions names 23 Libyan officials". ynet.
  8. ↑ "Ansamed". March 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  9. ↑ "Preparing for Post-Gadhafi Libya". Politeía Digest.
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