Question: Who has been elected as the interim Prime Minister of Libya in February 2021 ?
(a) Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah
(b) Mohammad Younes Menafi
(c) Musa al-Coni
(d) Abdullah Hussain
Answer – (a)
Related facts
- Recently(February 2021) UN-led forum has selected new interim leadership in Libya.
- The 74-members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have selected an interim Prime Minister and President of its new executive council.
- The winning slate at talks in Geneva, saw Mohammad Younes Menfi, selected President of the Presidency of the Presidency Council, where he will serve with Mossa Al-Koni, and Abdullah Hussein Al-Lafi.
- Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah was chosen by majority vote to serve as Prime Minister designate.
- It is notable that Libya has descended into crises on multiple fronts, since the fall of former ruler Muammar Gadaffi in 2011, with the country essentially divided between a UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) based in the capital Tripoli, and a rival administration, led by General Hafter, who commands the western-based self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA).