Mifta al-Usta Umar

Mifta al-Usta Umar (Arabic: مفتاح الاسطى عمر) (1935–22 March 2010)^{[citation needed]} was the General Secretary of Libya's General People's Congress^[1] from 15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990. In this role, he was theoretically Libya's head of state, though Muammar Gaddafi continued to exercise ultimate authority in Libya as "Leader and Guide of the Revolution".

Mifta al-Usta Umar
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress
In office 15 February 1984 – 7 October 1990
Leader	Muammar Gaddafi
Preceded by	Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Succeeded by	Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa
Personal details
Born	1935 Benghazi, Libya
Died	(2010-03-22)22 March 2010

Umar graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo in 1961. He worked as a physician at Massa Hospital in Al-Bayda and, in 1963, became General Manager of the hospital.