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| Abdullah Al-Thinni - caretaker Prime Minister for two weeks |
| 2014-03-13 |
| [Libya Herald] The country's new caretaker Prime Minister, Abdullah Al-Thinni, was quickly sworn-in late in the day at yesterday's dramatic General National Congress (GNC) session. Thinni, who will be Prime Minister for all of two weeks while the opposing blocs in the GNC agree on a more permanent replacement for Ali Zeidan, lived in the Busleem district of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... and hails from the southern town of Ghadames. He graduated from military college in 1976 and then fought in the Libyan-Egyptian war while stationed in Tobruk. Thinni was also a professor at the military college for seven years. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... after his brother -- an Air Force pilot -- absconded to Egypt in a military plane in opposition to the Qadaffy regime, things became more difficult for Thinni, according to the Prime Minister's Office. He served time in prison because of his brother's escape and faced other difficulties, until 1997 when he took early retirement. Thinni had taken over the position of Defence Minister in August 2013 which had been vacant after previous Defence Minister Mohammed Barghathi was sacked towards the end of June, following widespread dissatisfaction with his responses to increased violence and killings in the country. |
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