Mahmoud Jibril

He was born on 28 May 1952 at Bayda in Libya; the date is cited in the English article to the Library of Congress authority record and the birthplace to the University of Pittsburgh and the Daily Telegraph, while the Arabic article gives the year only. He graduated in economics and political science from Cairo University in 1975, then took a master's in political science (1980) and a doctorate in strategic planning (1984) from the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught strategic planning for several years. He led the team that drafted the Unified Arab Training manual and organised and ran leadership-training programmes for senior management in many Arab countries. ^{1 2 3}

From 2007 to early 2011 he served inside the Gaddafi-era state as head of the National Planning Council and of the National Economic Development Board of Libya. The English article describes him as a protégé and close friend of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in that period, promoting privatisation and liberalisation policies. ¹

When the regime fell into civil war, he joined the National Transitional Council (NTC) at its formation and chaired its executive board from 5 March to 23 October 2011, also serving as its head of international affairs and, in effect, foreign minister. Foreign governments and media increasingly treated him as Libya's interim prime minister, and his administration was recognised by the majority of UN member states as the "sole legitimate representative" of Libya. The Arabic article credits his contacts with the governments of France, the United States and the Emirates with a major role in bringing down the regime. He stepped down when Tripoli fell and the NTC moved to form a new government. ^{1 2}

In 2012 he founded the National Forces Alliance, a broad coalition that won the largest share of party-list seats in Libya's July 2012 General National Congress election, and he led the alliance from 14 March 2012 until his death. ¹

On 21 March 2020 he suffered a cardiac arrest and was admitted to the Ganzouri Specialized Hospital in Cairo. He tested positive for COVID-19 three days later and died in Cairo on 5 April 2020, aged 67. ^{1 2}

The sources used here state no religion and no school of thought for Jibril personally. Wikidata records Islam in general, without a branch, and the Arabic article's categories file him under Libyan Sunni Muslims. The museum records his faith as unknown: a general structured value and a category filing do not name a school, and two independent sources naming one would be required. ^{3 2}

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