Schukri Ghanim

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Schukri Ghanim

Schukri Muhammad Ghanim al-Mesmary or Schokri Ghanem ( Arabic شكري محمد غانم, DMG Šukrī Muḥammad Ġānim ; * October 9, 1942 in Tripoli , Libya ; † April 29, 2012 in Vienna , Austria ) was Secretary General of the General People's Committee of Libya from June 2003 to March 2006 , which is comparable to the office of Prime Minister. He was installed in this position by Muammar al-Gaddafi on June 14, 2003. From March 2006 to mid-May 2011, Ghanim was chairman of the state-owned National Oil Corporation and thus de facto the country's oil minister.

During the civil war in Libya , Al Jazeera reported rumors on February 17, 2011 that Shukri Ghanim had gone missing and had fled. However, these reports turned out to be false. On May 16, 2011, several media outlets reported that Ghanim had fled to Tunisia , and on June 1, Ghanim confirmed in Rome that he had renounced the regime and was considering joining the opposition.

According to the police, Ghanim's body was found floating a few hundred meters from his apartment on the morning of April 29, 2012 in Vienna at around 8:40 am at the level of the “ Copa Cagrana ” in the Neue Donau . However, the family initially said he was found in his home. The autopsy revealed drowning as the cause of death, no evidence of third-party negligence. Karin Kneissl , a former Austrian Foreign Minister , views this version ( accident or suicide ) skeptically. The corpse Ghanims was transferred to the funeral to Tripoli, where he was buried in a small circle on 4 May.

Ghanim last lived with his family in Vienna- Kaisermühlen . From 1993 to 2001 he worked for OPEC , among other things as head of the research department and thus as Vice Secretary General. As Oil Minister from 2006 to 2011, Ghanim also regularly attended OPEC conferences in Vienna.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Libya's ex-prime minister Ghanem found in Neuer Donau , austria.com, April 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Mystery of the death of an ex-Ghadhafi confidante , NZZ Online , April 29, 2012
  3. ↑ Live blog. In: al-Jazeera English . February 21, 2011, accessed April 11, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Audio: Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem denies defection rumors. (No longer available online.) In: www.libyafeb17.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011 ; Retrieved May 17, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Gaddafi's oil minister allegedly flees to Tunisia. In: tagesschau.de . Archived from the original on May 18, 2011 ; Retrieved May 17, 2011 .
  6. ↑ chief of the Libyan oil company abseil down. In: Sueddeutsche.de . Archived from the original on May 20, 2011 ; Retrieved May 17, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Libyan oil minister defects, says he might join opposition. In: CNN . Retrieved June 2, 2011 .
  8. ↑ focus.de: Body of Gaddafi's ex-oil minister found on the Danube: Libya's ex-prime minister Ghanim drowned in Vienna . Published on April 30, 2012, accessed May 1, 2012
  9. ↑ Karin Kneissl, My Middle East, Vienna 2014. ISBN 978-3-99100-112-6
  10. ↑ ORF: Mystery of the death of Libya's ex-oil minister , published and accessed on April 29, 2012
  11. ↑ Der Standard: Ghanem burial in Tripoli in a small circle , May 5, 2012
  12. ↑ focus.de: Gaddafi's former oil minister dead in the Danube
personal data
SURNAME Ghanim, Schukri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ghanim, Shukri Muhammad; Ghanem, Shukri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (2003 to 2006), Minister of Oil (2006 to 2011)
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Tripoli
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2012
Place of death Vienna