Mahmud al-Muntasir

Mahmud al-Muntasir
Prime Minister of Libya
In office
20 January 1964  20 March 1965
Monarch Idris
Preceded by Mohieddin Fikini
Succeeded by Hussein Maziq
In office
29 March 1951  19 February 1954
Acting: 29 March 1951 - 24 December 1951
Monarch Idris
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Muhammad Sakizli
Foreign Minister of Libya
In office
24 December 1951  19 February 1954
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Ali Jerbi (Before independence)
Succeeded by Muhammad Sakizli
Interior Minister of Libya
In office
22 January  26 March 1964
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Wanis al-Qaddafi
Succeeded by Muhammad el-Bishti
Personal details
Born 1903
Misrata, Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya)
Died September 1970
Libyan Arab Republic
Political party Independent

Mahmud al-Muntasir (Arabic: محمود المنتصر ) was the first Prime minister of Libya from March 29, 1951 to February 19, 1954, and again from January 20, 1964 to March 20, 1965. He was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs during his first term.

Family background

Before Independence

Early Years of Independence

The Second Cabinet

Death

After the coup d'état of 1 September 1969, al-Mutasir was arrested, then died in prison in September 1970. There were rumors saying that he committed suicide because of bad treatment, but these rumors were never confirmed.

Notes

  1. Enrico De Agostini, “La Popolazione della Tripolitania”, translated to Arabic by Kalifa Tillisi, Ad Dar al Arabiya lil Kitab, 1978, p.70.
  2. Bashir as-Sunni al-Muntasir, "Muzakkirat shadid ala al ahd al malaki", 1st ed., 2008. pp.153-154.

References

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