# Libya after Gaddafi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 10, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541 "2011-07-10T20:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/101 "2011-10-24T14:48:23Z")
If I’m not mistaken, the new leader of Libya is a economics professor from the US. A really good one. Also, the guy who was hardcore enough to sneak _into_ Miserata with a bundle of cash during the siege. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/102 "2011-10-24T15:00:16Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You have been told before that you can’t call other posters trolls in this forum. This is a formal warning: don’t do it again. I didn’t call anyone a troll, single out anyone, or make statements that could be seen as singling out anyone in particular. That said, I get your point and won’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/103 "2011-10-24T16:33:13Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > I didn’t call anyone a troll, single out anyone, or make statements that could be seen as singling out anyone in particular. Schrodinger’s Troll! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/104 "2011-10-24T16:39:59Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > If I’m not mistaken, the new leader of Libya is a economics professor from the US. A really good one. Also, the guy who was hardcore enough to sneak _into_ Miserata with a bundle of cash during the siege. No, the caretaker leader now, the chair of the NTC, is [Mustafa Abdul Jalil,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Abdul_Jalil) former Justice Minister who resigned in early 2011 and, notably, attempted to resign (over a human-rights matter) in 2010. He’s never lived or worked in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/105 "2011-10-25T01:19:44Z")
> **[Ali Tarhouni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Tarhouni)** > > Ali Abdussalam Tarhouni (Arabic: علي عبد السلام الترهوني, born 1951) is a Libyan economist and politician. Tarhouni served as the minister for oil and finance on the National Transitional Council, the provisional governing authority in Libya, from 23 March to 22 November 2011. He acted in the capacity of interim prime minister of Libya during the departure of outgoing incumbent Mahmoud Jibril from 23 October 2011 until Abdurrahim El-Keib was formally named to succeed Jibril on 31 Octo Born in L... You’re a little out of date. His successor is the man to whom I was referring. > **[Libyan professor rises to role of rebels' prime minister](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-07-la-fg-libya-professor-20110908-story.html)** > > Libyan professor rises to role of rebels' prime minister The gentleman on a panel discussion on the matter of the recent financial crisis, 2008. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2061671057391029705](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2061671057391029705) He knows what he’s talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/106 "2011-10-25T01:46:47Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > [Ali Tarhouni - Wikipedia](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ali_Tarhouni) > > You’re a little out of date. His successor is the man to whom I was referring. > [Libyan professor rises to role of rebels' prime minister](http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/07/world/la-fg-libya-professor-20110908) > > The gentleman on a panel discussion on the matter of the recent financial crisis, 2008. > [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2061671057391029705](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2061671057391029705) > > He knows what he’s talking about. The person calling the shots is [Mustafa Abdul Jalil](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/24/141668281/interim-leader-says-sharia-law-will-guide-libya). This is the person we see on the news. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/107 "2011-10-25T02:45:00Z")
Right. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, vs Mahmoud Jibril. My fault. The Chairman is still the Chairman, Mr. Tarhouni is the Prime Minister. Teach me to listen to the radio. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/108 "2011-11-01T03:59:50Z")
[NTC chooses a new interim PM: Abdurrahim El Keib.](http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/2011103118460574109.html) Story says he’s a prof at the University of Tripoli and nothing else about him, not even what he teaches. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541/109 "2011-11-01T04:53:44Z")
[Electrical engineering](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15530640). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-after-gaddafi/588541.md?page=5)