Abdul Majid Kubar
Abdul Majid Kabar عبد المجيد كعبار | |
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Prime Minister of Libya | |
In office 26 May 1957 – 17 October 1960 | |
Preceded by | Mustafa Ben Halim |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Osman Said |
Foreign Minister of Libya | |
In office 14 March – 26 May 1957 | |
Prime Minister | Mustafa Ben Halim |
Preceded by | Ali Sahli |
Succeeded by | Wahbi al-Bouri |
In office 11 October 1958 – 16 October 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Wahbi al-Bouri |
Succeeded by | Abdul Qadir Allam |
Transport Minister of Libya | |
In office 26 April 1955 – 26 March 1956 | |
Prime Minister | Mustafa Ben Halim |
Preceded by | Ali Sahli |
Succeeded by | Salem Lutfi el-Qadi |
Personal details | |
Born |
9 May 1909[1] Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya) |
Abdul Majid Kabar (عبد المجيد كعبار / ʿbd āl-Mağid Kaʿbār ) (9 May 1909[2] – 1986), also known as Abdulmegid Coobar, was the Prime minister of Libya from 26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960, and he is from a Circassian origin.
Kubar worked his way up in Tripolitanian politics until he was appointed a member of the National Constituent Assembly in 1950. In Libya first general election 1952, he entered parliament and served as the house speaker until he became prime minister in 1957. A financial scandal centered on the cost of a road being built in Fezzan to Sabha led to his downfall. Originally cost $5.3 million and scheduled to be completed in three years, the cost overruns led to later estimates of three times the cost. Fearing a vote of no confidence, he resigned in 1960.[3]
References
- ↑ Modern Libya: a study in political development - Majid Khadduri - Google Books. Retrieved 2012-01-10 – via Google Books.
- ↑ http://archive.libya-al-mostakbal.org/Letters2006/August2006/jehad_azzam_ka3bar1.html
- ↑ St John, Ronald Bruce (4 June 2014). Historical Dictionary of Libya. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 187. ISBN 9780810878761.