Mohammed Magariaf

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 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.

Mohamed Magariaf
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
Born
Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf

1940 (age 8384)
Benghazi, Italian Libya
Political partyNational Front Party (2012–present)
Other political
affiliations
National Front for the Salvation of Libya (1981–2012)
Alma materUniversity of Benghazi
WebsiteOfficial website

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.

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