Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi ( ar, علي عبد العزيز العيساوي) (born c. 1966) is a

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

who is a leading figure of the

National Transitional Council The National Transitional Council of Libya ( ar, المجلس الوطني الإنتقالي '), sometimes known as the Transitional National Council, was the ''de facto'' government of Libya for a period during and after the Libyan Civil War ...

and was the vice-chairman of the executive board of the NTC until his dismissal along with the board's other ministers on 8 August 2011. He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the NTC. He also was

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of the General People's Committee of Libya (GPCO) for

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and Investment, and was the youngest minister to fill such a post. He was appointed to this post in January 2007. Before taking the ministerial position, he founded the Centre for Export Development in 2006 and became the first director general for it. He also assumed the position of director general for the Ownership expansion program (privatization fund) in 2005. He began his political career as a staff member and then as a diplomat in the

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until 2005. On 28 November, NTC chief military prosecutor Yussef Al-Aseifr announced that Isawi had been named chief suspect in the killing of

Abdul Fatah Younis Abdul Fatah Younis Al-Obeidi (; ar, عبد الفتاح يونس, sometimes transliterated ''Fattah Younis'' or ''Fattah Younes'' or ''Fatah Younes''; 1944 – 28 July 2011) was a senior military officer in Libya. He held the rank of major gene ...

. Isawi denied involvement in the killing, saying he "never signed any decision relating to Abdel Fattah Younes."

References

External links

GPCO Website

General People's Committee For Youth and Sports - Libya Homepage
1966 births Living people Libyan diplomats Members of the General People's Committee of Libya Government ministers of Libya People of the First Libyan Civil War Members of the National Transitional Council Ambassadors of Libya to India {{Libya-politician-stub