Mohammed Magariaf

Mohammed Magariaf
Magariaf in 2012
President of the General National Congress of Libya
In office
9 August 2012 – 28 May 2013
Prime MinisterAbdurrahim El-Keib
Ali Zeidan
DeputyJuma Ahmad Atigha
Preceded byMohammed Ali Salim (Acting)
Mustafa Abdul Jalil (Chairperson of the National Transitional Council)
Succeeded byGiuma Ahmed Atigha (Acting)
Nouri Abusahmain
Member of the General National Congress
for Ajdabiya
Assumed office
8 August 2012
Preceded byPosition established
Secretary General of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya
In office
May 1982 – 5 August 2001
Succeeded byIbrahim Abdulaziz Sahad
Ambassador of Libya to India
In office
1977 – 31 July 1980
Personal details
BornMohamed Yousef el-Magariaf
(1940-05-09) 9 May 1940
PartyNational Front Party (2012–present)
Other political
affiliations
National Front for the Salvation of Libya (1981–2012)
Alma materUniversity of Benghazi
WebsiteOfficial website
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Mohammed Yousef el-Magariaf (also written as Magariaf, Elmegaryaf or Almegaryaf) or, as he writes on his official website, Dr. Mohamed Yusuf Al Magariaf (Arabic: محمد يوسف المقريف; born 9 May 1940) is a Libyan politician who served as the President of the General National Congress from its first meeting in August 2012 until his resignation in May 2013. In this role he was effectively Libya's de facto head of state, until his resignation in May 2013.

Magariaf is the leader of the National Front Party, which won three seats in the 2012 election, and he was previously well known for having founded and been the first leader of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.