Wahbi al-Bouri
Wahbi El-Bouri وهبي البوري | |
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| Foreign Minister of Libya | |
| In office 26 May 1957 – 11 October 1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Majid Kubar |
| Preceded by | Abdul Majid Kubar |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Majid Kubar |
| In office 20 March – 2 October 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Hussein Maziq |
| Preceded by | Hussein Maziq |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Bishti |
| Justice Minister of Libya | |
| In office 3 May 1961 – 11 October 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Osman Said |
| Preceded by | Abdur Rahman al-Galhoud |
| Succeeded by | Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Petroleum Minister of Libya | |
| In office 11 October 1962 – 13 November 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Osman Said Mohieddin Fikini |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ben Gharsa |
| Succeeded by | Ali Aneizi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1916 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Died | 7 June 2010 (aged 94) Benghazi, Libya |
Wahbi Ahmed El-Bouri (Arabic: وهبي البوري; 23 January 1916 – 7 June 2010) was a Libyan politician, diplomat, writer and translator. He was the foreign minister of Libya from 1957 to 1958 and later from 1965 to 1966. He was also a petroleum minister of Libya and a Libyan Ambassador in the United Nations and the founder of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York the first mosque and Islamic school in the city - 1967 also nominated by the king as a Prime Minister in 1969.