Between 1958 and the outbreak of the Libyan civil war in 2011, there were twelve ambassadors appointed by the Libyan government to serve in France. Subsequent postholders have represented the National Transitional Council .
The Libyan Ambassador to France has his residence in Paris . (fr:Ambassade de Libye en France )
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Libyan head of government
President of France
Term end
June 5, 1958
Mustafa Ben Halim
[ 1]
Idris of Libya
René Coty
1961
Ali Jerbi
[ 2] On leaving this post he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Idris of Libya
Charles de Gaulle
December 19, 1966
December 19, 1966
Taher Caramanli
Former mayor of Tripoli and former ambassador in Athens and Ankara.[ 2]
Idris of Libya
Charles de Gaulle
1968
Abdulhamid al-Bakkush
Idris of Libya
Charles de Gaulle
July 13, 1971
Kadri El Attrach
[ 3]
Muammar Gaddafi
Georges Pompidou
December 23, 1975
Kamel Maghur
[ 4]
Muammar Gaddafi
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
February 16, 1978
Ashour Gargoum
[ 5]
Muammar Gaddafi
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
March 25, 1985
Hamed Ahmed El-Houderi
[ 6]
Mifta al-Usta Umar
François Mitterrand
March 27, 1995
Ali Treki
[ 7]
Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud
Jacques Chirac
May 9, 2000
Abdessalam Ali El Mazoughi
[ 8]
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush
Jacques Chirac
April 20, 2004
Mohamed Abdellah Al-Harari
[ 9]
Shukri Ghanem
Jacques Chirac
January 15, 2010
Mohamed Salaheddine Zarem
Resigned on 25 February 2011, after the intrusion into the embassy of activists supporting the rebels during the Libyan civil war.[ 10]
Baghdadi Mahmudi
Nicolas Sarkozy
February 25, 2011
August 8, 2011
Mansur Saif Al-Nasr
"August 8, 2011, the keys to the embassy are handed to Mansur Saif Al-Nasr, representative of the National Transitional Council recently recognized by France."[ 11]
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Nicolas Sarkozy
December 22, 2011
Alshiabani Mansour Abuhamoud
Born December 8, 1974 in Al-Guira[ 12]
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Nicolas Sarkozy
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