Minister of Foreign Affairs (Libya)

This is a list of foreign ministers of Libya.

There are some notes which should be mentioned about this list:

1. Title of foreign minister varies depending on political regime. For example, during the Jamahiriya era (1977–2011), the title was Secretary of People's Committee for Foreign Communication and International Cooperation.
2. Despite that the list shown on website of Libyan foreign ministry are one of the sources used in this list, it omits some ministers, like Shams ad-Din Orabi, and Ali Hassanein, between Ahmad Bishti, and Saleh Buyasser.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Libya (1951–Present)

Picture	Name	Life	Dates	Prime Minister
	Ali Jerbi	1903–1969	29 March 1951 – 24 December 1951	Mahmud al-Muntasir (Before independence).
	Mahmud al-Muntasir	1903–1970	24 December 1951 – 19 February 1954	Mahmud al-Muntasir
	Muhammad Sakizli	1892–1976	19 February 1951 – 11 April 1954	Muhammad Sakizli
	Abdul Salam al-Buseiri		11 April 1954 – 3 December 1954	Mustafa Ben Halim
	Mustafa Ben Halim	1921–	3 December 1954 – 30 October 1956
	Ali Sahli	1924–2004	30 October 1956 – 14 March 1957
	Abdul Majid Kubar (1st time)	1909–1986	14 March 1957 – 26 May 1957
	Wahbi al-Bouri (1st time)	1916–2010	26 May 1956 – 11 October 1958	Abdul Majid Kubar
	Abdul Majid Kubar (2nd time)	1909–1986	11 October 1958 – 16 October 1960
	Abdul Qadir al-Allam		16 October 1960 – 3 May 1961	Muhammad Osman Said
	Suleiman Jerbi		3 May 1961 – 27 January 1962
	Wanis al-Qaddafi (1st time)	1924–1986	27 January 1962 – 6 March 1963
	Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir	d. 1999	6 March 1963 – 19 March 1963
	Mohieddin Fikini	1926–1994	19 March 1963 – 22 January 1964	Mohieddin Fikini
	Hussein Maziq	1918–2006	22 January 1964 – 20 March 1965	Mahmud al-Muntasir
	Wahbi al-Bouri (2nd time)	1916–2010	20 March – 2 October 1965	Hussein Maziq
	Ahmad Bishti	1927–?	2 October 1965 – 4 January 1968	Hussein Maziq (1965–1967) Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1967) Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (1967–1968)
	Wanis al-Qaddafi (2nd time)	1924–1986	4 January 1968 – 4 September 1968	Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
	Shams ad-Din Orabi	d. 2009	4 September 1968 – June 1969	Wanis al-Qaddafi
	Ali Hassanein		June 1969 – 31 August 1969
	Saleh Buyasseer	d. 1973	1969–1970	Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
	Mohamed Najm		1970	Muammar Gaddafi
	Mansour Rashid El-Kikhia	1931–c. 1993	1972–1973	Abdessalam Jalloud
	Abdul Monem el Houni		1974–1975
	Ali Treki (1st time)	1938–2015	1976–1977
Picture	Name	Life	Dates	Secretary of General People's Committee
	Ali Treki	1938–2015	1977–1982	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1977–1979) Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (1979–1982)
	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1st time)	1939–	1982–1984	Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
	Ali Treki (2nd time)	1938–2015	1984–1986	Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
	Kamal Hassan Al Mansour		1986–1987	Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
	Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi		1987–1990	Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
	Ibrahim al Bishari	c. 1942–1997	1990–1992	Abuzed Omar Dorda
	Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir	1939–2001	1992–2000	Abuzed Omar Dorda (1992–1994) Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud (1994–1997) Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (1997–2000)
	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	1949–	2000–2009	Imbarek Shamekh (2000–2003) Shukri Ghanem (2003–2006) Baghdadi Mahmudi (2006–2009)
	Moussa Koussa	1950–	2009–2011	Baghdadi Mahmudi
	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (2nd time)	1939–	2011
Picture	Name	Life	Dates	Prime Minister
	Mahmoud Jibril	1952–	23 March 2011 – 23 October 2011	Mahmoud Jibril
	Ashour Bin Khayal	1939–	24 November 2011 – 14 November 2012	Abdurrahim El-Keib
	Mohamed Abdelaziz	c. 1952–	14 November 2012 – 9 January 2013	Ali Zeidan
	Mohamed Abdelaziz	c. 1952–	9 January 2013 – 28 September 2014	Ali Zeidan (2013–2014) Abdullah al-Thani (2014)
	Mohammed al-Dairi	1952–	28 September 2014 – Present	Abdullah al-Thani

References

• Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, "Libia bain al Madi wal Hadir: Safahat men at Tarikh as Siyasi", 4 vols., Markaz ad Dirasat al Libiya, Oxford, 2004.
• Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 3, 1st ed., 2012.
• Libyan Foreign Ministry-List of Foreign Ministers (Arabic)
• http://rulers.org/fm3.html