Yousef Mangoush, born in

Benghazi Benghazi () () is the List of cities in Libya, second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, Ben ...

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, in 1950, is a major general. He was named as the Chief of Staff of the

Libyan Ground Forces The Libyan Army () is the brand for a number of separate military forces in Libya, which were under the command of the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Government of National Unity (GNU). Since December 201 ...

on 2 January 2012, Mangoush served in the Libyan army under the

Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until Killing of Muammar Gaddafi, his assassination by Libyan Anti-Gaddafi ...

government and retired in 1999 at the rank of Colonel. He had been a special forces commander in the Libyan Army prior to his retirement. Mangush was the deputy defense minister in the interim government of Prime Minister

Abdurrahim El-Keib Abdurrahim Abdulhafiz El-Keib, PhD, (; also transcribed ''Abdel Rahim AlKeeb,'' ''Abdul Raheem Al-Keeb,'' etc.; 2 March 1950 – 21 April 2020) was a Libyan politician, professor of electrical engineering, and entrepreneur who served as interim ...

. Mangoush joined the rebel forces in February 2011 during the Libyan conflict which toppled Muammar Gaddafi, Mangush was arrested in the oil town of

Brega Brega , also known as ''Mersa Brega'' or ''Marsa al-Brega'' ( , i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of ...

in April by Gaddafi's forces and freed in late August following the fall of Tripoli.

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Living people Members of the National Transitional Council Members of the Interim Government of Libya People of the Libyan civil war (2011) 1950 births Ministers of defence of Libya Libyan generals People from Benghazi People of the Chadian–Libyan War 21st-century military personnel {{Libya-politician-stub