Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil | |
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مصطفى عبد الجليل | |
Abdul Jalil in 2011 | |
| Chairman of the National Transitional Council | |
| In office 5 March 2011 – 8 August 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Mahmoud Jibril Ali Tarhouni (Acting) Abdurrahim El-Keib |
| Vice President | Abdul Hafiz Ghoga Mustafa Honi |
| Preceded by | Muammar Gaddafi (Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution) Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (Secretary General of General People's Congress) |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Ali Salim (Acting President of the General National Congress) |
| Secretary of the Libyan General Committee for Justice | |
| In office 10 January 2007 – 21 February 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Baghdadi Mahmudi |
| Leader | Muammar Gaddafi |
| Preceded by | Ali Omar al-Hasnawi |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Ahmed al-Qamoudi (Secretary of the Libyan General Committee for Justice) Ali Ashour (Minister of Justice) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1952 Beida, Kingdom of Libya |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Libya |
Mustafa Abdul Jalil (Arabic: مصطفى عبد الجليل; also transcribed Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil, Abdel-Jalil, Abdeljalil or Abdu Al Jeleil; born 6 November 1952) is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional Council from 5 March 2011 until its dissolution on 8 August 2012. This position meant he was de facto head of state during a transitional period after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's government in the Libyan Civil War, and until the handover of power to the General National Congress.
Before the war, Abdul Jalil served as Muammar Gaddafi's Minister of Justice (officially, the Secretary of the General People's Committee of Justice). He was noted in some news media for his stance against various human rights violations in Libya, although Diana West accused him of intransigence during the Bulgarian nurses affair.