Libya’s Parliament elected on Wednesday a leading member in the country’s oldest opposition movement to be its new Prime Minister.
Mustafa Abu-Shakour is tasked with stabilising a country, where armed groups proliferate. Washington’s ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed during a late Tuesday attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
Mr. Abu-Shakour, deputy to Libya’s outgoing interim Prime Minister, is considered a compromise figure acceptable to both Islamists and liberals.
Previous interim governments have faced persistent criticism that they have been ineffective in tackling the multiple troubles facing the deeply divided nation, foremost among them the strength of armed militias that dominate towns and challenge the authority of the central government.
Keywords: Libya unrest, Arab Spring, Mustafa Abu-Shakou
I have been wandering on the web for the last 10 hours to get this news. Apparently the news was overshadowed by the Benghazi consulate attack. Thanks and congratulations for being the first one to report it.
Dr. Abu Shagour is a Ph.D in Electrical Engineer from California Institute of Technology and founder of institutions and companies dealing with optical communications.
He did his Ph.D around the same time as the president of Egypt, Dr. Mursi, who earned his Ph.D, also in Electrical Engineering from the nearby University of Southern California. Hope the similar backgrounds of these two leaders is a good omen for these two neighbors starting their journey towards democracy.
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