Mahmoud Jibril (born 1952[1]) is a Libyan politician who, since 23 March 2011, is the current Prime Minister of the Libyan Republic, one of two entities currently disputing control of Libya. He is also head of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Council. His government has been recognized as the "sole legitimate representative" of Libya by France and other countries.[2]
He is currently leading the meeting and negotiations with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and in the past years he was the the key man for penetrating in Libya the economic interests of United States and United Kingdom.[3]
[edit] Career
Jibril graduated in in Economics and Political Science from Cairo University in 1975,[1] then gaining a masters in political science in 1980 and doctorate in strategic planning in 1984, both from the University of Pittsburgh.[1] He taught strategic planning at Pittsburgh for several years, and has published 10 books on strategic planning and decision-making.[1] For all his life he has been a strong advocate of neoliberalism.[3]
Jibril led the team who drafted and formed the Unified Arab Training manual. He was also responsible for organizing and administering the first two Training conferences in the Arab world in the years 1987 and 1988. He later took over the management and administration of many of the leaders’ training programs for senior management in Arab countries including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Libya, UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey and Britain.[4]
Since 2007, he has fulfilled a function in the Gheddafi regime as head of Nedb (National Economic Development Board),[5] being the key man for penetrating in Libya the economic interests of United States and United Kingdom, promoting privatization and liberalization of national economy.[3]
On 23 March 2011, the National Transitional Council officially formed a transitional government and he was officially appointed as Interim Prime Minister.[2] Jebril is known to be leading the meeting and negotiations with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a meeting that resulted in France officially recognizing the National Transitional Council as the sole representative of the Libyan people.