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The cabinet was selected by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on 30 October 2012 and was approved by the General National Congress on 31 October 2012 together with approving Zidan as Libya's first post-war Prime Minister. The cabinet is composed of the following ministers: [1] [2] [3] Two women were selected to cabinet, and select ministries (Defence, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Interior and Justice) went to political independents who were not associated with any party. [4]

The Zeidan government was officially inaugurated on 14 November 2012. [5]

The Ministers in charge of electricity [Ali Mohammed Mihirig], higher education [Abdulasalm Bashir Duabi] and relations with congress [Muaz Fathi Al-Kujah] have also been rejected by the integrity commission. [6] The nominee for the minister of higher education (Abdulasalm Bashir Duabi) was ruled unfit to hold public office. [7] Ashour Shuail was cleared by an appeals court and took office on 11 December 2012. [8] Ali Mohammed Mihirig was also cleared by an appeals court. [9]

Four other nominees fates were not decided on by the integrity commission as of 14 November 2012. They were Ali Al-Aujali (Foreign Affairs), Kamla Khamis Al-Mazini (Social Affairs), Ahmed Ayad Ali Al-Urfi (Agriculture) and Abdulsalam Mohammed Abusaad (Religious Affairs and Awqaf). [6] Sami Al-Saadi, who was nominated for the Minister of the Martyrs, resigned on 7 November 2012 [6]

Nominees for Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Al-Aujali, Social Affairs Minister Kamla Khamis Al-Mazini and Agriculture Minister Ahmed Ayad Ali Al-Urfi were cleared by the integrity commission. [10] Nominee for Religious Affairs Minister Abdusalam Mohammed Abusaad was still being investigated. [10] Ali Al-Aujali resigned from the cabinet on 31 December 2012. [11]


IncumbentOfficeWebsiteSince
Ali Zeidan Prime Minister of Libya www.pm.gov.ly 14 November 2012
Sadiq Abdulkarim Abdulrahman First Deputy Prime Minister
Awad al-Baraasi Second Deputy Prime Minister
Abdussalam Al Qadi Third Deputy Prime Minister
Abdulsalam Mohammed Abusaad Minister of Religious Affairs awqaf.gov.ly
Mohamed Imhamid Abdulaziz Minister for International Cooperation
Ikram Abdulsalam Imam Minister of Tourism www.tourism.gov.ly
Abubaker Al-Hadi Mohammed Minister of Local Government www.lgm.gov.ly
Salah Bashir Marghani Minister of Justice www.aladel.gov.ly 14 November 2012
Usama Siala Minister of Communications and Information Technology www.cim.gov.ly
Mohamed Fitouri Sualim Minister of Labor and Retraining www.labour.gov.ly
Alhadi Suleiman Hinshir Minister of Water Resources
Muaz Fathi Al-Kujah Minister of State GNC affairs
Ramadan Ali Mansour Zarmuh Minister of State the Injured
Nurideen Abdulhamid Dagman Minister of Health www.health.gov.ly
Ashour Suleiman Shuwail
(December 2012–May 2013) [12]
Mohammed Khalifa Al Sheikh
(26 May 2013 – new government) [12] 		Minister of Interior www.moi.gov.ly
Mustafa Mohammed Abufunas, vacated January 2014 [13] Minister of Economy www.ect.gov.ly
Mohammed Hassan Abubaker Minister of Education www.edu.gov.ly
Mohamed Abdelaziz Minister of Foreign Affairs www.foreign.gov.ly
Mohammed Mahmoud Al Barghathi
(12 November 2012–27 June 2013) [14]
Abdullah al-Thanay (5 August 2013 - 8 April 2014)		Minister of Defense www.defense.gov.ly
Haithem Saed Jalgham Minister of Planning www.planning.gov.ly
Kamila Khamis Al-Mazini Minister of Social Affairs www.socialaffairs.gov.ly
Abdulbari Al Arusi vacated January 2014 [15] Minister of Oil
Haithem Saed Jalgham Minister of Finance www.mof.gov.ly
Ahmed Ali Al-Urfi Minister of Agriculture www.agriculture.gov.ly
Suleiman Ali Al-Taif Al-Fituri Minister of Industry www.industry.gov.ly
Abdulasalm Bashir Duabi Minister of Scientific Research and Higher Education www.highereducation.gov.ly
Habib Mohammed Al-Amin Minister of Culture www.culture.ly
Ali Mohammed Mihirig, vacated January 2014 [13] Minister of Electricity www.merel.gov.ly
Ali Gadour [16] Minister of the Martyrs
Ali Hussein Al-Sharif, vacated January 2014 [13] Minister of Housing www.mhu.gov.ly
Mohamed Al-Ayib Minister of Transportation www.ctt.gov.ly
Mohammed bin Saud Minister of media www.media.gov.ly
Abdulsalam Abdullah Guaila, vacated January 2014 [13] Minister of Sports and Youth www.youthandsports.gov.ly

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