Mohamed al-Menfi | |
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محمد يونس المنفي | |
.jpg) Al-Menfi in 2023 | |
| Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh |
| Vice President | Musa Al-Koni |
| Preceded by | Fayez al-Sarraj |
| Libyan Ambassador to Greece | |
| In office 19 December 2018 – 6 December 2019 | |
| President | Fayez al-Sarraj |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Gezlal |
| Succeeded by | Hamad Bashir Mabrouk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohamed Younis Ahmed Al-Menfi (1976-03-03)3 March 1976 (age 49) |
| Spouses | |
| Alma mater | Tobruk University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
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Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi (Arabic:محمد يونس المنفي; born 3 March 1976)[1] is a Libyan diplomat and politician. On 5 February 2021, he was chosen as the president of theLibyan Presidential Council at theLibyan Political Dialogue Forum.[2] Previously, he had served as the Libyan Ambassador toGreece.[3]
Al-Menfi's period as ambassador inAthens was marked by a tense relationship between theGNA and the Greek government because of theLibyan (GNA)–Turkish accord on maritime boundaries. The row is part of a long-running dispute between Turkey and Greece over drilling rights in the Mediterranean. He was eventually expelled from Athens in December 2019.[3]
In theLibyan Political Dialogue Forum procedure for choosing a unified executive authority to lead into the24 December 2021 Libyan general election, Al-Menfi ran on a joint ticket withAbdul Hamid Dbeibeh as prime minister andMusa Al-Koni andAbdullah al-Lafi as members of the Presidential Council. Their list obtained 39 votes, five more than that ofAguila Saleh Issa andFathi Bashagha.[2] The U.S. ambassador denied any attempt to influence the electoral process against Al-Menfi.[4]
Al-Menfi controversially ousted the former governor of Libya's Central Bank, Sadiq Al-Kabir, in August 2024.[5]
In his first interview with Western reporters a month later, he justified the ousting by citing that Kabir had been mismanaging the banks finances "without any form of accountability," and was "exploiting the state of division" between East and West Libya."[6]
A bilateral deal struck betweenal-Menfi's Tripoli government andHaftar's Tobruk government on 25 September 2024, agreed upon an interim governor and financial committee for the bank. Al-Menfi described the deal as crucial in "sparing the capital, Tripoli, from a certain war that would directly target the central bank". The deal was brokered by the UN mission in Libya and is yet to be ratified by the country's Eastern and Western government representative bodies, as of September 2024.[6]
Following the deal, al-Menfi has expressed his optimism for Libya's long-term economic prospects and the hopes for the country's diversification away from oil dependencies.
In an effort to widen Tripoli's exposure to international business and industry, al-Menfi also attended an American Chamber of Commerce (Libya) event while in New York for the 2024 United Nations General Assembly Summit, signing an agreement to support sustainable economic development and the participation of American companies in Libya's market.[7]
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