Ali Tarhouni

Ali Tarhouni

Ali Abdussalam Tarhouni ( Arabic علي عبد السلام الترهوني, DMG ʿAlī ʿAbd as-Salām at-Tarhūnī ; * 1951 in Libya ) is an American university professor of Libyan origin who has recently been active in politics in his home country. After the end of the civil war , he was Prime Minister of Libya for a week in October 2011. He is the founder and chairman of the National Center Party .

Life

Personal life and education

The beginning of the 1970s he was at the annual Al Fateh University in Tripoli enrolled . Together with some fellow students , he was involved in extra - parliamentary activities critical of the government and advocated democracy and individual freedom. This resulted in several reprimands and arrests. Ultimately, he completed his bachelor's degree and emigrated to the United States in 1973 due to the ongoing repression . The authorities subsequently revoked his Libyan citizenship and sentenced him to death in absentia in 1978 . In 1981 he was also put on a so-called “death list”.

He is married to Mary Li, who as a lawyer in the Attorney General of the State of Washington works.

academic career

Tarhouni continued his studies in economics at Michigan State University in East Lansing , where he obtained a Master of Science degree in 1978 before earning a Ph.D. in 1983 at the same institute. PhD . He spent the following two years as an assistant professor of economics at the University of Washington in Seattle before moving to the affiliated Michael G. Foster School of Business as a full professor in 1985. Tarhouni's research focuses on the volatility of securities markets, external network effects, business administration, macroeconomic analyzes, financial institutions and markets, but also international finance and investments. In addition to his teaching position, he advised the food and agriculture organization on financial matters and sat on advisory committees of various technology and internet companies. In addition, he was also active in the Libyan opposition in exile.

Political career

At the end of February 2011 Tarhouni spontaneously returned to Libya during the current semester to support the opposition movement there in their uprising against Muammar al-Gaddafi and to advise them on economic issues. He quickly rose to become the movement's spokesman, and on March 23, the National Transitional Council appointed him head of the Finance, Trade, Economic and Oil Committee and thus the relevant representative on the Executive Council - that is, the unofficial minister of the revolutionaries. After a restructuring and dissolution of the body, he resigned from the Executive Council on August 8, but still held the same position in the Transitional Council. In addition, he became deputy chairman of the council and, together with Mahmud Shammam, also remained its spokesman. In this capacity, he announced on August 25 the official move of the Transitional Council from Benghazi to the recently conquered Tripoli and on September 3 he declared that he had been entrusted with the establishment of a Supreme Security Committee in the capital, of which he would be chairman.

On October 2, Tarhouni was appointed deputy prime minister and on October 23 he succeeded Mahmoud Jibril in the office of prime minister. He held this for a period of one week until October 31, when he was replaced by Abdel Rahim el-Kib .

Tarhouni has been chairman of the 60-member Libyan constitutional commission since 2014.

Publications (selection)

• Ali Tarhouni, Ed Rice: What's New on the Internet: A Reflection . The E-Business Review , September 2002.
• Ali Tarhouni, Ed Rice: Valuation of internet companies: irrational bubble or changed but rational expectations? . The E-Business Review, September 2003
• Ali Tarhouni, James Gurney, Ed Rice: The Effects of Patient Insurance Status on Trauma Center Care
• Ali Tarhouni, Jennifer Koski, Ed Rice: Day Trading and Volatility
• Ali Tarhouni, Ed Rice, Deb Dey: The Internet Equilibrium: How did Winner-Take-All turn into Losses?
• Ali Tarhouni, Ed Rice: The Internet: What is New and What is Old

honors and awards

• 1987: Tyee Instructor of the Year
• 1990: ADMIN 510 Outstanding Instructor
• 1990: MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn
• 1991: ADMIN 510 Outstanding Instructor
• 1992: MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn
• 1992: ADMIN 510 Outstanding Instructor
• 1993: ADMIN 510 Outstanding Instructor
• 1994: ADMIN 510 Outstanding Instructor
• 1995: ADMIN 510 Outstanding Instructor
• 1996: MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn
• 1997: Charles Summer Memorial Teaching Award
• 1998: Charles Summer Memorial Teaching Award
• 1998: Professor of the Year
• 2000: MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn
• 2000: Daniel R. Siegel Service Award
• 2001: Daniel R. Siegel Service Award
• 2002: PACCAR Award for Teaching Excellence
• 2002: Charles Summer Memorial Teaching Award
• 2003: MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn
• 2003: E-Business Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn
• 2007: MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn
• 2008: MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn

Web link

• Official website of Tarhouni on the website of the Michael G. Foster School of Business ( Memento of September 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kareem Fahim, “Rebel Insider Concedes Weaknesses in Libya” in The New York Times , March 23, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011
2. ↑ Bettina Marx: “Libya's rebels under increasing pressure” on the Deutsche Welle website , March 11, 2011. Accessed March 24, 2011