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Abdul Ati al-Obeidi

1939 - 2023

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Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ( ; Arabic: عبد العاطي العبيدي, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī al-ʿUbayyidī; 10 October 1939 – 16 September 2023) was a Libyan politician and diplomat. He held various top posts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi; he was Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979 and General Secretary of General People's Congress from 1979 to 1981. He was one of three main negotiators in Libya's decision to denounce and drop their nuclear weapons program. In 2011, amidst the First Libyan Civil War between Gaddafi loyalists and anti-Gaddafi rebels, he was appointed Foreign Minister after the defection of Moussa Koussa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Ati al-Obeidi is the 10,537th most popular politician (down from 6,181st in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Libya (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Libyan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ranks 10,537 out of 19,576. Before him are Kaarel Eenpalu, Philippa of Guelders, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Alexander De Croo, Józef Wybicki, and Svetozar Pribićević. After him are Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona, Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah, Nebetah, Félix Gaillard, Tribhuvan of Nepal, and Şükrü Saracoğlu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ranks 211. Before him are Christodoulos of Athens, Michael Gazzaniga, Flavio Cotti, Paul Winfield, Jack Lang, and Angelo Sormani. After him are Elena Obraztsova, Leonid Kanevsky, Patrick Wayne, Jane Alexander, Ralph Boston, and Jason Miller. Among people deceased in 2023, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ranks 189. Before him are Boniface Alexandre, Jim Hines, Bo Larsson, Juraj Jakubisko, Yaakov Ziv, and Ita Ever. After him are Ingrid Haebler, Antoni Martí, Solomon Perel, Ahmad Jamal, Ian Hacking, and Klas Lestander.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ranks 39 out of 76. Before him are Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (1972), Abdul Fatah Younis (1944), Muhammad az-Zanati (1944), Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (1958), and Ibn Manzur (1233). After him are Ptolemy Apion (-101), Al-Saadi Gaddafi (1973), Abdurrahim El-Keib (1950), Mutassim Gaddafi (1974), Abdullah Senussi (1949), and Lacydes of Cyrene (-300).

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Among POLITICIANS In Libya

Among politicians born in Libya, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ranks 18. Before him are Gaius Fulvius Plautianus (150), Pedubast I (-900), Mohammed Magariaf (1940), Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (1972), Muhammad az-Zanati (1944), and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (1958). After him are Ptolemy Apion (-101), Abdurrahim El-Keib (1950), Mutassim Gaddafi (1974), Abdullah Senussi (1949), Shukri Ghanem (1942), and Abdullah al-Thani (1954).

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