Omar El-Hariri

Omar Mokhtar El-Hariri ( Arabic عمر الحريري, DMG ʿUmar al-Ḥarīrī ; * 1944 ; † November 2, 2015 in al-Baida ) was a Libyan officer and, after the overthrow of dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi, a member of the Executive Council of the National Transitional Council .

biography

Originally a comrade in arms of Gaddafi, Hariri supported his 1969 putsch against King Idris . In 1975 he again planned a coup against Gaddafi. When this plan failed, he and 20 co-conspirators were sentenced to death .

Detention

From 1975 to 1980 he was held in solitary confinement as a death row inmate . Since 1981 he has shared a cell with Ahmed al-Senussi , a relative of King Idris . Hariri's sentence was commuted to house arrest in 1990, which remained in place until 2011.

Membership in the National Transitional Council

In the wake of the Arab Spring , an uprising also broke out in Libya in February 2011, in the course of which Gaddafi was killed and Hariri was freed after 36 years in prison. In the subsequent Libyan civil war , Major Omar El-Hariri became the strategic head of the rebel army .

As part of the National Transitional Council , he campaigned for a presidential election, a parliament and a multi-party system. At the end of 2015, Hariri was killed in a car accident.

Individual evidence

^ Key figures in Libya's rebel council. In: BBC News. Retrieved March 16, 2011 .
^ Gerhard Piper: The absurd war in Libya . In: heise.online , March 30, 2011, last accessed on September 26, 2011.
↑ How a onetime friend to Gadhafi became his rival. In: The Globe And Mail. Retrieved March 16, 2011 .
^ Al-Hariri passed away in a road accident. In: libyaprospect.com. November 2, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2018 (Originally from the Libyan News Agency - according to newspaper article).

personal data
SURNAME	Hariri, Omar El-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hariri, Omar Mokhtar El- (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Libyan politician, Executive Board member of the National Transitional Council of Libya
DATE OF BIRTH	1944
DATE OF DEATH	November 2, 2015
Place of death	al-Baida

[1] Key figures in Libya's rebel council. In: BBC News. Retrieved March 16, 2011 .

[2] Gerhard Piper: The absurd war in Libya . In: heise.online , March 30, 2011, last accessed on September 26, 2011.

[3] How a onetime friend to Gadhafi became his rival. In: The Globe And Mail. Retrieved March 16, 2011 .

[4] Al-Hariri passed away in a road accident. In: libyaprospect.com. November 2, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2018 (Originally from the Libyan News Agency - according to newspaper article).