Minister of Defence (Libya)

Minister of Defence
Minister of Defence
وزير الدفاع
	Incumbent; Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh; since 14 March 2021
	Ministry of Defence
Style	Mr. Minister
Type	Minister of Defence
Member of	Cabinet of Libya
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Tripoli, Libya
Term length	No fixed term; At the Prime Minister's behest
Formation	24 December 1951; 73 years ago
First holder	Ali Jerbi
Website	www.defense.gov.ly

The Minister of Defence of Libya (Arabic: وزير الدفاع, romanized: wazir aldifae) is the politically appointed head of the Libyan ministry of defence and is responsible for the Libyan Armed Forces.

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Government	Ref.
1		Ali Jerbi (1903–1969)	24 December 1951	18 February 1954	2 years, 56 days	al-Muntasir	^[1]^[2]
2		Khalil Al-Qalal	18 February 1954	19 December 1954	304 days	-	^[1]
3		Ibrahim ben Sha'ban	19 December 1954	26 March 1956	1 year, 98 days	-	^[1]
4		Ali Jawdah	26 March 1956	31 October 1956	219 days	-	^[1]
5		Abdul Qadir al-Allam (1919–2003)	31 October 1956	26 May 1957	207 days	Ben Halim	^[1]^[3]
6		As-Siddig al-Mutassir (1912–1979)	26 May 1957	24 April 1958	333 days	Ben Halim	^[1]
7		Ismail ben Sha'ban	27 April 1958	17 October 1960	2 years, 173 days	-	^[1]
8		Ahmad al-Hasairi	17 October 1960	4 May 1961	199 days	-	^[1]
9		Yunis Abd al-Nabi Bilkayr	4 May 1961	19 March 1963	1 year, 319 days	-	^[1]
10		Sayf al-Nasr Abd al-Jalil	19 March 1963	29 July 1964	1 year, 132 days	-	^[1]
11		Abd al-Salam Bsikri	29 July 1964	2 October 1965	1 year, 65 days	-	^[1]
12		General Muhammad al-Mansuri	2 October 1965	22 March 1966	171 days	-	^[1]
13		Yusuf Abu Sayf Yasin	22 March 1966	25 October 1967	1 year, 217 days	-	^[1]
14		Hamid Ubaydi	25 October 1967	8 September 1969	1 year, 318 days	-	^[1]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Government	Ref.
1		Adam al-Hawaz (1939–1984/1988?)	8 September 1969	7 December 1969	2 months	Maghribi

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Government	Ref.
1		Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1940–2011)	16 January 1970	20 October 2011 †	41 years, 9 months	Gaddafi (1970-1972) Jalloud (1972-1977) General People's Committee (1977-2011)	^[4]^[5]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Government	Ref.
1		Omar El-Hariri (1944–2015)	23 March 2011	19 May 2011	57 days	–	^[6]
2		Jalal al-Digheily	19 May 2011	22 November 2011	187 days	–	^[6]^[7] ^[8]^[9]
3		Osama al-Juwaili (born 1961)	22 November 2011	14 November 2012	358 days	El-Keib	^[9]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Government	Ref.
1		Mohammed Mahmoud Al Barghathi	12 November 2012	27 June 2013	227 days	Zeidan	^[10]
2		Abdullah al-Thani (born 1954)	5 August 2013	8 April 2014	246 days	Zeidan	-

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