Musa Al-Koni ( ar, موسى الكوني) is a Libyan politician and diplomat. He served as the deputy prime minister of Libya's
Government of National Accord
The Government of National Accord ( ar, حكومة الوفاق الوطني) was an interim government for Libya that was formed under the terms of the Libyan Political Agreement, a United Nations–led initiative, signed on 17 December 2015. T ...
from March 2016 to 2 January 2017.
He represented
southern Libya, where he is from.
He was also one of the vice presidents of the
Presidential Council until his resignation. Al-Koni resigned due to the GNA's failure to govern the country.
From 2005 until around the time of the
2011 civil war, he served as the consul general of Libya in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...
. He was accused by the
Malian government of trying to recruit
Tuareg
The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Alg ...
mercenaries to fight for
Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by ''The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spelling ...
.
[Wehrey, Frederic (30 March 2017)]
Insecurity and Governance Challenges in Southern Libya
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
References
1965 births
Living people
Libyan politicians
Libyan diplomats
Ambassadors of Libya to Mali
Members of the Presidential Council (Libya)
People from Sabha, Libya
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