Shukri Ghanem
Shukri Mohammed Imhemed Ghanem | |
|---|---|
شكري محمد إمحمد غانم | |
Ghanem in 2010 | |
| Minister of Oil | |
| In office 1 March 2006 – 16 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Fathi Ben Shatwan |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Prime Minister of Libya | |
| In office 14 June 2003 – 5 March 2006 | |
| Leader | Muammar Gaddafi |
| Preceded by | Imbarek Shamekh |
| Succeeded by | Baghdadi Mahmudi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1942 Tripoli, Italian Libya |
| Died | 29 April 2012 (aged 69) Vienna, Austria |
| Alma mater | Garyounis University Tufts University |
Shukri Mohammed Ghanem (Arabic: شكري محمد إمحمد غانم 9 October 1942 – 29 April 2012) was a Libyan politician who was the General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya (prime minister) from June 2003 until March 2006 when, in the first major government reshuffle in over a decade, he was replaced by his deputy, Baghdadi Mahmudi. Ghanem subsequently served as the Minister of Oil until 2011. On 29 April 2012, his body was found floating on the New Danube, Vienna.
Early in the Libyan Civil War he reportedly "fled", but after the city of Ra's Lanuf was recaptured by pro-government forces, AP reported on 13 March that he asked Eni SpA for help with putting out a fire at the Ra's Lanuf Refinery. On 16 May, Al Arabiya and the NTC reported that Shukri Ghanem had defected to Tunisia. The next day Tunisian security officials confirmed that he was indeed in Tunisia.