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formed on 10 March 2021 to unify the rival

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based in Tripoli and the Second Al-Thani Cabinet, based in

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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Abdul Hamid Muhammad Abdul Rahman al-Dbeibeh (, also transliterated as Dbeibah) is a Libyan politician and businessman who is the prime minister of Libya under the Government of National Unity (Libya), Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripo ...

is the

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of the unity government and was selected in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum on 5 February 2021.

Overview

Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was selected as prime minister by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), together with

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as Chairman of the Presidential Council, and with Musa al-Koni and Abdullah al-Lafi as Presidential Council members. Dbeibeh was required under the agreements made by the LPDF to nominate a cabinet of ministers to the

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(HoR) by 26 February 2021. On 15 February, Dbeibeh stated his intention to contact people in all 13 electoral areas of Libya for discussing proposed nominations as ministers, and for the cabinet to represent a cross-section of Libyans. The LPDF rules state that if Dbeibeh fails to present his proposed cabinet to the HoR by 26 February, or the HoR does not approve the proposed cabinet, then decision-making returns to the LPDF. Dbeibeh said the following day that he would consult with the High Council of State, the HoR and the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission. On 15 February, about 20 HoR members were present at an HoR session held in Tobruk, chaired by

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in the "eastern" component of the HoR; 70 HoR members were present at

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and for the HoR to hold a special session for approving the proposed GNU cabinet. According to the '' Libya Herald'', the two branches of the HoR remained in competition with one another. On 10 March 2021, the House of Representatives met in the central city of Sirte and approved with a 121–11 vote the formation of the Government of National Unity led by Mohamed al-Menfi as chairman of the Presidential Council and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh as prime minister. The

, which rules eastern Libya, passed a no-confidence motion against the unity government on 21 September 2021. On 3 March 2022 a rival

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(GNS) was installed in

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, under the leadership of Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha. The decision was denounced as illegitimate by the High Council of State and condemned by the

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. Both governments have been functioning simultaneously, which has led to dual power in Libya. The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum keeps corresponding with ceasefire agreement. Since May 2022, there have been clashes between supporters of the two governments in Libya, which escalated on 27 August 2022. On 13 August 2024 the

voted to end the term of the Tripoli-based government of Prime Minister

, in an attempt to dissolve the Government of National Unity and proclaim a

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Government of National Stability as the only legitimate government of Libya. However as of May 2025 the

continues to recognise the Government of National Unity as the legitimate government of Libya. It is also supported by the governments of

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, and

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Ministers

was selected as Prime Minister of Libya in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum on 5 February 2021 and a list of cabinet appointees was released on 11 March 2021. The Dbeibeh Cabinet replaced the rival al-Sarraj and al-Thani cabinets. In March 2022, Minister of Civil Service, Abdul Fattah Saleh Muhammad Al-Khawja, and the Minister of State for Immigration Affairs, Ijdid Maatouk Jadeed, resigned after the

granted confidence to and sworn-in the rival

led by Fathi Bashagha.

References

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