Abuzed Omar Dorda
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Abuzed Omar Dorda (born 4 April 1944) was General Secretary of the People's Committee (Prime Minister) of Libya
from 7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994, and as Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
from 1997 to 2003.
Dorda entered politics as Governor of Misrata District in 1970, serving in that capacity until 1972. Next, he served as Minister of Information and Culture until 1974, and as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, until 1976. In 1990, he became Prime Minister, and in 1997 he became Libya's Permanent Representative at the UN.
On 12 April 2009, it was reported that Dorda had been appointed to head the Libyan intelligence service, replacing Moussa Koussa. On 31 March it was reported that he had been in Tunisia, awaiting a flight out of there, in an attempt to defect Gaddafi's regime , and on the background of the 2011 Libyan uprising. He was a part of Gaddafi's inner circle. He was arrested by the NTC forces on 11 September 2011.
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
from 7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994, and as Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
United Nations
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from 1997 to 2003.
Dorda entered politics as Governor of Misrata District in 1970, serving in that capacity until 1972. Next, he served as Minister of Information and Culture until 1974, and as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, until 1976. In 1990, he became Prime Minister, and in 1997 he became Libya's Permanent Representative at the UN.
On 12 April 2009, it was reported that Dorda had been appointed to head the Libyan intelligence service, replacing Moussa Koussa. On 31 March it was reported that he had been in Tunisia, awaiting a flight out of there, in an attempt to defect Gaddafi's regime , and on the background of the 2011 Libyan uprising. He was a part of Gaddafi's inner circle. He was arrested by the NTC forces on 11 September 2011.