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Ministry of Justice (Libya)

Ministry of Justice (Libya)

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The Ministry of Justice of Libya promotes the rule of law and justice in Libya and aims to produce an effective judiciary and prison system.[1][2] The ministry is responsible for drafting laws and, in 2013, announced plans to review legislation so that it may conform to sharia law.[3]

List of ministers (Post-independence in 1951)

  • Abdur Rahman al-Galhoud[4] (1954-1956)
  • Ali Sahli (1956)
  • Mohieddin Fikini[3] (1956-1957)
  • Abd al-Hamid Daibani (1960)
  • Wahbi al-Bouri (1961-1962)
  • Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir (1962-1964)
  • Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (1964-1968)
  • Rajab al Majri[5] (1969)
  • Muhammed Qadi[6] (1969-1970)
  • Muhammed 'Ali Jadi[7] (1972-1980)
  • Muhammed Abu al-Qasim al-Zuwayy[8] (1981-1984) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
  • Miftah Muhammed K'eba[9] (1985-1986) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
  • 'Izz al-Din al-Hinshari[10] (1990) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
  • Ibrahim Muhammed Bakkar[11][12][13] (1991-1994) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
  • Mustafa Moustafa Al-Qulaib[14] (1994)
  • Mahmud al-Hijazi[15] (1994-1998) [referred to as Secretary of Justice and Public Security]
  • Muhammed Abu al-Qasim al-Zuwayy[16] (1999-2000) [referred to as Secretary of Justice and Public Security]
  • Abd al-Rahman al-Abbar[17] (2001) [referred to as Secretary of General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security]
  • Mohamed Ali Al-Masirati[18] (2001-2003) [referred to as Secretary of General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security]
  • Umar Abu Bakr (2004-2006)[19][20] [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
  • Mustafa Abdul Jalil[21] (2007-2011)
  • Ali Ashour[22][23][24] (2011-2012) [Statutory law emphasized that the Secretary of Justice refers to the Minister of Justice]
  • Salah Bashir Margani[3] (2012-2014)
  • Juma Abdullah Drissi[25] (2016–2021)
  • Halima al-Bousefi (2021–present)

*A new Ministry of Justice would not be created until 1989.[26]

See also

References

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