Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Libyan Prime Minister
A.K.A. عبد الحميد البكوش
Was Politician
Diplomat
Lawyer
From Libya
Type Law
Politics
Gender male
Birth

10 August 1933, Tripoli, Libya

Death

4 December 2007, Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
(aged 74 years)

Star sign Leo

Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (Arabic: عبد الحميد البكوش‎‎) (1933 – 2007) was Prime Minister of Libya from 25 October 1967 to 4 September 1968. After the proclamation of the Jamahiriya by Gaddafi, he went into exile to Egypt and became one of the leaders of the opposition to the Libyan government.He also held the office of Minister of Justice thrice between January 1964 and September 1968.

Prime Minister

In 1968, during his term in office, Libya created, with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), in order to coordinate production, refining, transport, and commercialization of oil between the three countries. In July of that same year, Libya signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

After premiership, he became the ambassador of Libya to France.

Opposition from exile

During Gaddafi’s presidency he went into exile, first to London and then to Paris. In 1977 he arrived to Egypt, where, in 1982, he created the Libyan Liberation Organization, joining the Libyan National Salvation Front (LNSF), the opposition in exile.

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