Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
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The Libyan Revolutionary Command Council was the twelve-person body that governed Libya
after the 1969 revolution. Col. Muammar Gaddafi
was its chairman.
The other initial members (1970) were as follows:
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
after the 1969 revolution. Col. Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
was its chairman.
The other initial members (1970) were as follows:
- Maj. General Abdessalam JalloudAbdessalam JalloudAbdessalam Jalloud was the Prime Minister of Libya from 16 July 1972 to 2 March 1977. He was also Finance Minister from 1970 until 1972....
(removed from the council in 1993) - Maj. General Beshir al-Saghir Hawady
- Maj. General Mukthar Abdullah al-Gerwy (resigned during the Libyan civil war)
- Capt. Abdul Moniem al-Taher el-Huny
- Capt. Mustafa al-Kharouby
- Gen Khweldi Al-Hamedi
- Capt. Muhammad Nejm
- Gen. Awad Ali Hamza
- Maj. General Abu-Bakr Yunis JabrAbu-Bakr Yunis JabrMajor General Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr was the Libyan Minister of Defence under the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. His official position was Secretary of the Libyan General Interim Committee for Defence.There is disagreement about the year of Jabr's birth. According to the UN he was born in 1952...
- Capt. Omar Abdullah al-Meheishy
- Lt. Muhammad Abu Bakr al-Quarrif