Abuzed Omar Dorda
| Abuzed Dorda أبو زيد عمر دوردة | |
| Prime Minister of Libya | |
|---|---|
| In office 7 October 1990 – 29 January 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud |
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| Born | 4 April 1944 , Libya |
Abuzed Omar Dorda (Arabic: أبو زيد عمر دوردة) (born April 4, 1944) was General Secretary of the People's Committee (Prime Minister) of Libya from October 7, 1990 to January 29, 1994, and as Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1997 to 2003.
Dorda entered politics as Governor of Misrata Province in 1970, serving in that capacity until 1972. Next, he served as Minister of Information and Culture until 1974, and as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, until 1976. In 1990, he became Prime Minister, and in 1997 he became Libya's Permanent Representative at the UN.
On April 12, 2009, it was reported that Dorda had been appointed to head the Libyan intelligence service, replacing Mussa Kussa. On 31 March it was reported that he has been in Tunisia, awaiting a flight out of there, in an attempt to defect Gadaffi's regime , and on the background of the 2011 Libyan uprising.
References
- Elster, Robert (2006). The International Who's Who. Routledge. p. 519. ISBN 1-85743-307-6.
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