Abdul Hafiz Ghoga | |
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عبد الحفيظ غوقة | |
Vice Chairman of the National Transitional Council of Libya | |
In office 23 March 2011 – 22 January 2012 | |
President | Mustafa Abdul Jalil |
Prime Minister | Mahmoud Jibril Ali Tarhouni (Acting) Abdurrahim El-Keib |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mustafa Honi |
Personal details | |
Born | Al-Azizya, Libya | 11 June 1957
Political party | Anti-Gaddafi forces |
Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (also known as Abdelhafed Abdelkader Ghoga, also spelled Ghogha; Arabic: عبد الحفيظ غوقة; born 11 June 1957) is a Libyan human rights lawyer who rose to prominence as the spokesman for the National Transitional Council, a body formed in Benghazi during the 2011 Libyan civil war.[1] On 23 March 2011, he became the vice chairman of the council, serving in that post until he resigned on 22 January 2012 after protests against him.[2]
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