Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini
Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 2021-11-12 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Assistant Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya (Deputy Prime Minister), Chairman of the National Oil Company (NOC) |
Dr. Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini (; 1938 – 12 November 2021) was a prominent Libyan political figure who held the position of Assistant Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya, equivalent to Deputy Prime Minister, prior to the outbreak of the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
Background
Towards the end of 2001, Zulaytini took over from Ahmad Abdel Karim Ahmad as the acting chairman of the National Oil Company (NOC), Libya’s state-run oil enterprise, thereby becoming a central authority in the nation’s petroleum sector. Ahmad had assumed this role in October 2000, succeeding Abdallah Salem el-Badri. In January 2002, Zulaytini was officially appointed as chairman of the NOC, with a mandate to encourage foreign investment within Libya's oil industry.
On 23 February 2007, the Libyan General People's Congress endorsed a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi, in which al-Zulaytini was designated as deputy prime minister.
Other activities
Al-Zulaytini held the position of deputy chairman at the Libyan Investment Corporation (LIC), an entity founded in 2007 aimed at overseeing and reorganizing state-owned enterprises such as the Fund for Africa and the Economic and Social Development Fund. The LIC board included influential government officials like Planning Secretary Taher Al-Jehaimi, Finance Secretary Muhammad al-Huwayj, and Central Bank Governor Farhat Bengdara. The corporation’s President and CEO was Muhammad Layas, who previously served as chairman of the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank and Finance Secretary between 2009 and 2011.
Additionally, he served as chairman of Al Masraf, a commercial banking institution headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, which experienced growth in its retail banking sector under his leadership.