Omar al-Hassi ( ar, عمر الحاسي) (born March 30, 1959 in Benghazi,

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 ...

) is a professor of political science at University of Benghazi in

n politician. He was the prime minister of the

General National Congress The General National Congress or General National Council (GNC; ar, المؤتمر الوطني العام, Berber: Agraw Amuran Amatay) was the legislative authority of Libya for two years following the end of the First Libyan Civil War. It w ...

-led

National Salvation Government The National Salvation Government ( ar, حكومة الإنقاذ الوطني) was a government body formed by politicians from the General National Congress's blocs that lost the June 2014 elections in Libya. The NSG was led by Khalifa al- ...

in Tripoli.

Biography

He is professor of strategic planning at University of Benghazi and president of

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. Omar al-Hassi founded

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with Dr.

Mahmoud Refaat Mahmoud Refaat (Arabic: محمود رفعت‎, romanized: Mahmood Rifaat; born April 25, 1978) is an international relations scholar (president of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations), writer, and lawyer. ...

on May 12, 2018. Al-Hassi was the runner-up on April 29, 2014, in the first round of the Libyan parliament's disputed voting for prime minister. The proceedings were later declared illegal by the Supreme Court. He was set to run against

Ahmed Maiteeq Ahmed Omar Maiteeg ( ar, أحمد عمر معيتيق) is a Libyan businessman and politician originally from Misrata, who was elected Prime Minister of Libya in May 2014. He was appointed head of the transitional government, and asked to form h ...

when gunmen stormed the parliament to prevent a second round vote from taking place on April 29. He served as Prime Minister of the western

from September 6, 2014 to March 31, 2015. On March 31, 2015, al-Hassi left his position as prime minister and presented his resignation to the GNC officials in Tripoli . Some reports suggested without providing evidence that he lied to legislators about the government's fiscal situation. Al-Hassi said he would consult with his "revolutionary partners," an apparent reference to armed groups that have supported him, before determining whether to accept his dismissal, which he said was made illegally.

Post prime minister position

On 1 December 2016, he announced the formation of the High Council of Revolution, which some claimed was a parallel executive body, but this grouping from its establishment refers to itself as the Free Patriots Assembly. On 12 May 2018, Al-Hassi founded with

the ''International Action Group for Peace in Libya'', which accused the UN representatives sent to Libya and leaders of the United Arab Emirates of violating Security Council resolutions relating to Libya. the ''International Action Group for Peace in Libya'' was inaugurated from the Tunisian capital Tunis as a political and legal group; mainly composed of Libyan politicians, and international legal experts to sue perpetrators of war crimes in Libya.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassi, Omar Libyan Islamists Living people Prime Ministers of Libya 1949 births