Kamel Hassan Maghur ( ar, كامل حسن المقهور; 1 January 1935 – 5 January 2002) was a

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n lawyer, diplomat, and writer. He also held various cabinet posts.

Biography

Maghur was born in Dahra,

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in 1935. He became a lawyer and subsequently a judge in Libya after completing law school in Cairo. He served in various diplomatic and international legal postings, including service as Libya's ambassador to the United Nations, Canada, France and China. In 1972 he became minister for petroleum and in 1984 served as

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's chief. In 1986–1987, he was Libya's

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and in 1989 returned to private law practice in Tripoli. In the late 1990s he served as Libya's lawyer handling sanctions and charges associated with the

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. Maghur published eight books of

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between the 1950s and 2000. He and his wife Suhir Elgheryani had seven children.

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