Kamel Maghur
Kamel Hassan Maghur | |
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كامل حسن المقهور | |
 Maghur speaking at a United Nations conference in Rome | |
| 15th Secretary General of OPEC (as President of OPEC) | |
| In office 1 January 1984 – 31 October 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Mana Al Otaiba |
| Succeeded by | Subroto |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 3 March 1986 – 3 March 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Treki |
| Succeeded by | Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi |
| Minister of Oil | |
| In office 3 March 1982 – 3 March 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Salam al-Zaqar |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1935 Dahra, Tripoli, Italian Libya |
| Died | 5 January 2002 (aged 67) |
Kamel Hassan Maghur (Arabic: كامل حسن المقهور; 1 January 1935 – 5 January 2002) was a Libyan lawyer, diplomat, and writer. He also held various cabinet posts.[1]
Biography
[edit]Maghur was born in Dahra, Tripoli, Italian Libya in 1935.[2] He became a lawyer and subsequently a judge in Libya after completing law school in Cairo. He served in various diplomatic and international legal postings, including service as Libya's ambassador to the United Nations, Canada, France and China. In 1972 he became minister for petroleum and in 1984 served as OPEC's chief. In 1986–1987, he was Libya's minister for foreign affairs and in 1989 returned to private law practice in Tripoli. In the late 1990s he served as Libya's lawyer handling sanctions and charges associated with the Lockerbie bombing.
At the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial of accused Lamin Khalifah Fhimah and Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Maghur was the Libyan defence lawyer the two accused had access to, in addition to their respective solicitors and advocates who represented them.[3]
Maghur published eight books of short stories between the 1950s and 2000. He and his wife Suhir Elgheryani had seven children.
References
[edit]- ^ "Azza Kamel Maghur". Arab Reform Initiative. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ The Middle East and North Africa. Europa Publications. 1977. ISBN 9780905118116.
- ^ "Commentary on Dr Hans Koechler's Lockerbie report – Scotland on Sunday, 8 April 2001". I-p-o.org. 8 April 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
Media related to Kamel Maghur at Wikimedia Commons
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| International | |
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| National | |
- 20th-century novelists
- 20th-century Libyan writers
- 20th-century lawyers
- 1935 births
- 2002 deaths
- Libyan judges
- Libyan novelists
- Libyan Arab Socialist Union politicians
- Foreign ministers of Libya
- Oil ministers of Libya
- Secretaries general of OPEC
- Permanent Representatives of Libya to the United Nations
- Ambassadors of Libya to Canada
- Ambassadors of Libya to China
- Ambassadors of Libya to France