Baghdadi Mahmudi
Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi (Arabic: البغدادي علي المحمودي) (born 1945) is a Libyan politician who was Secretary of the General People's Committee (prime minister) of Libya from 5 March 2006 to as late as 1 September 2011, when he acknowledged the collapse of the GPCO and the ascendance of the National Transitional Council as a result of the Libyan Civil War. He has a medical degree, specialising in obstetrics and gynecology, and had served as Deputy Prime Minister to Prime Minister Shukri Ghanem since 2003 at the time he was appointed to replace him. He was a part of Gaddafi's inner circle at least prior to his escape in mid-2011. He was arrested in Tunisia for illegal border entry and jailed for six months, although this was later overruled on appeal, however a Tunisian court decided to extradite Mahmoudi to Libya under a request from Libya's Transitional Council.
Baghdadi Mahmudi | |
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Mahmudi in 2008 | |
| Prime Minister of Libya | |
| In office 5 March 2006 – 23 August 2011 | |
| Leader | Muammar Gaddafi |
| Preceded by | Shukri Ghanem |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Jibril (as Chairman of the Executive Office of the National Transitional Council |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi البغدادي علي المحمودي 1945 (age 78–79) Zawiya, British Tripolitania (now Libya) |
Mahmudi was released from prison on 20 July 2019.