Mifta al-Usta Umar ( ar, مفتاح الاسطى عمر ) (1935–22 March 2010) was the General Secretary of

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 ...

's General People's Congress from 15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990. In this role, he was officially Libya's

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, though Muammar Gaddafi continued to exercise ultimate authority in Libya as "Leader and Guide of the Revolution". He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo in 1961. He worked as a physician at Massa Hospital in Al-Bayda and, in 1963, became General Manager of the hospital

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1935 births 2010 deaths Heads of state of Libya Secretaries-General of the General People's Congress Health ministers of Libya {{Libya-politician-stub