Abdullah al-Theni

Abdullah al-Theni
al-Theni in 2014
Prime Minister of Libya
In office
11 March 2014  15 March 2021*
Acting: 11 March 2014 – 8 April 2014
PresidentNouri Abusahmain (As President of the General National Congress)
Abu Bakr Baira (As Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives)
Aguila Saleh Issa (As Speaker of the House of Representatives)
Fayez al-Sarraj (As Chairman of the Presidential Council under the Government of National Accord)
Preceded byAli Zeidan
Succeeded byFayez al-Sarraj (as Chairman of the Presidential Council under the Government of National Accord, internationally recognized)
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (under the Government of National Unity)
Personal details
Born (1954-01-07) 7 January 1954
Ma'tan as-Sarra, Libya
Political partyIndependent
Alma materBenghazi Military University Academy
Signature
*Theni's premiership was disputed by Omar al-Hassi, Khalifa al-Ghawi and Fayez al-Sarraj.

Abdullah al-Theni (Arabic: عبد الله الثني  Libyan pronunciation: [ʕæbˈdɑllɑ tˈtini, -ˈθæni]) is a Libyan politician who served as the prime minister of Libya, from 2014, when he took over in an interim capacity after the dismissal of Ali Zeidan, to 2021. In the context of the second Libyan civil war, he served as prime minister under the Tobruk-based government. His government received widespread international recognition until 2016 as well as backing from both the Libyan House of Representatives and the Libyan National Army. He was previously the defence minister in the government of Zeidan.