Abdullah al-Thani ( ar, عبد الله الثني

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n politician who became

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of the

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on 11 March 2014, when he took over in an interim capacity after the dismissal of

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. He was previously the defence minister in the government of Zeidan.

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In April 2014, al-Thani negotiated the reopening of two out of four oil ports seized by rebels. Also, after he threatened to resign, the Congress officially confirmed him as prime minister in a permanent capacity and vested him with greater powers to deal with Libya's problems. However, al-Thani submitted his resignation as prime minister of the interim government on 13 April 2014, although he was asked to stay on as a caretaker until the election of a successor. Ahmed Maiteeq was eventually elected as the new prime minister, but Maiteeq's election was voided on 9 June and al-Thani was reinstated as caretaker. After the

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to govern Libya, al-Thani attended the opening ceremony of the new parliament in

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on 4 August 2014. He and his cabinet again resigned on 29 August 2014, citing a need to give the controversial new parliament a chance to choose a new, inclusive government after Islamist lawmakers convened a new meeting of the

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in Tripoli and declared al-Thani dismissed, although he defended the elected House of Representatives as "the only legitimate authority in the country". The next week, however, the Tobruk-based lawmakers reappointed al-Thani as prime minister and tasked him with forming a "crisis government". With Libya sliding into

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between the two rival governments, al-Thani ordered General

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to "liberate" Tripoli in October 2014. In March 2015, following the start of a

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in support of the internationally recognised government in

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, al-Thani compared the situation in his country to the situation in Yemen and said Libya would call on the

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to "restore legitimacy". On 26 May 2015 he survived an assassination attempt when gunmen fired on his convoy in Tobruk. Abdullah al-Thani offered to resign as Prime Minister on 11 August 2015, over a year into the

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, saying his "exit is the solution." Al-Thani and the House of Representatives promoted Haftar to the rank of

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in recognition for his leadership in the Operation Surprise Lightning, capturing the four key oil ports (

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and

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) in the

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from the

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(PFG) during the ongoing Libyan Civil War. Al-Thani offered the resignation of his government on 13 September 2020 in response to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thani, Abdullah 1954 births Defence ministers of Libya Government ministers of Libya Living people Prime Ministers of Libya

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