Wahbi al-Bouri
Libyan politician, diplomat, writer and translator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wahbi Ahmed El-Bouri Arabic: وهبي البوري (23 January 1916 – 7 June 2010) was a Libyan politician, diplomat, writer and translator.[2][3] He was the foreign minister of Libya from 1957 to 1958 and later from 1965 to 1966. He was also a petroleum minister of Libya and a Libyan Ambassador in the United Nations.[2] and the founder of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York the first mosque and Islamic school in the city - 1967 also nominated by the king as a Prime Minister in 1969.
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Wahbi El-Bouri وهبي البوري | |
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Foreign Minister of Libya | |
In office 26 May 1957 – 11 October 1958 | |
Prime Minister | Abdul Majid Kubar |
Preceded by | Abdul Majid Kubar |
Succeeded by | Abdul Majid Kubar |
In office 20 March – 2 October 1965 | |
Prime Minister | Hussein Maziq |
Preceded by | Hussein Maziq |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Bishti |
Justice Minister of Libya | |
In office 3 May 1961 – 11 October 1962 | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Osman Said |
Preceded by | Abdur Rahman al-Galhoud |
Succeeded by | Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir |
Petroleum Minister of Libya | |
In office 11 October 1962 – 13 November 1963 | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Osman Said Mohieddin Fikini |
Preceded by | Anwar Ben Gharsa |
Succeeded by | Ali Aneizi |
Personal details | |
Born | (1916-01-23)23 January 1916[1] Alexandria, Egypt |
Died | 7 June 2010 (aged 94) Benghazi, Libya |
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