Mahmood Suleiman Maghribi ( ar, محمود سليمان المغربي) (29 November 1935 – 17 July 2009) was the Prime Minister of

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from 8 September 1969 to 16 January 1970.

Biography

Maghribi, who was born and raised in

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before moving to Syria in 1948. Maghribi worked within the ministry of education in

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while studying law at

Damascus University The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...

before gaining his PhD in petroleum law at

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in the United States in 1966. In his PhD thesis, he argued that it would be "unwise" for a country to nationalize oil production on its own. From there he moved to Libya and initiated a strike among the country's petroleum workers in 1967 against foreign exploitation of Libyan resources, for which he was sentenced to four year imprisonment and stripped of his Libyan nationality. He was the first prime minister of

after the

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in 1969. He was Minister of Treasury from 1969 to 1970. He later represented Libya at the

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from 1970 before moving to London as Libyan ambassador to the UK. He left the embassy in October 1976, but remained in London working as a legal consultant. He retired to Damascus in 2008. . and his fondness of Syria and belief in pan-Arab unity remained strong throughout his life. He died on 17 July 2009, survived by his wife, three daughters and a granddaughter.

Ministers

Minister of Defense Adam al-Hawaz
Minister of Interior Musa Ahmed
Minister of Finance, Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi
Minister of Labor and Affairs Anis Ahmed Shteiwi
Minister of Oil Anis Ahmed Shteiwi
Minister of Unity and Foreign Affairs Salah Busir
Minister of Education and National Guidance Mohamed al-Shetwi

References

1935 births 2009 deaths Finance ministers of Libya Libyan Arab nationalists Libyan diplomats Palestinian Arab nationalists Palestinian emigrants to Libya Permanent Representatives of Libya to the United Nations Prime Ministers of Libya Libyan emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Haifa George Washington University alumni Damascus University alumni {{Libya-politician-stub