Abdul Hafiz Ghoga

Abdul Hafiz Ghoga

Abdul Hafiz Ghoga ( Arabic عبد الحفيظ غوقة, DMG ʿAbd al-Ḥafīẓ Ġūqa ; * in Benghazi ) is a Libyan lawyer and politician. At the beginning of March 2011 he was the leader and in April 2011 the spokesman and deputy chief of the National Transitional Council . Ghoga acted as chairman of the Benghaz Bar Association and as a defender of political prisoners.

Life

Abdul Hafiz Ghoga first met Muammar al-Gaddafi on February 6, 2011, eleven days before the uprising. Gaddafi had Abdul Hakim Ghoga brought to his tent in Tripoli that evening, together with the lawyer Medhi Kashbur and two other lawyers from Benghazi . The meeting lasted ninety minutes. Abdullah Sanussi , a brother-in-law of Gaddafi and chief of the secret service, was also present. The four lawyers called for freedom of the press, freedom of expression and a constitution. After talking to Gaddafi, who was visibly irritated by the demands made by Ghoga, the four lawyers decided to proclaim February 17th to be the “Day of Anger” in Benghazi.

Ghoga was one of the earliest activists in the National Transitional Council during the civil war in Libya in 2011 and was appointed vice-president of the council under various titles. On the weekend of January 21 and 22, 2012, he announced his resignation in response to sharp protests and the storming of the headquarters by demonstrators on January 21.

Web links

• Michele Giorgio: “No problem with Berlusconi”. Vice President of Libya's rebel government. In: the daily newspaper . April 21, 2011, accessed April 22, 2011 (interview with Abdul Hakim Ghoga on the civil war in Libya and the role of Italy). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Gehlen: Gaddafi's opponent. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . March 2, 2011, accessed March 4, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Martin Gehlen: How Gadhafi received his greatest opponent. In: The time . March 2, 2011, accessed March 7, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Transitional Council warns of civil war. In: ORF . January 23, 2012, accessed January 23, 2012 .