Mohamed Abdelaziz is a Libyan politician who served as the foreign minister of and chairman of the Arab League council of ministers from January 2013 to August 2014.

Early life and education

Abdelaziz was born in Tripoli around 1950. He graduated from Cairo University obtaining a degree in political science in 1975.

Career

Abdelaziz was a member of the Libyan mission to the

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. Then he worked at the Crime Prevention Centre in

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. He served as deputy minister of international cooperation and foreign affairs in the transition government of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

. On 7 January 2013, Abdelaziz was appointed minister of international cooperation and foreign affairs after these two ministries were remerged. The cabinet was headed by

Ali Zidan Ali Zeidan (sometimes written as Zidan; ar, علي زيدان; born 15 December 1950) is a former Prime Minister of Libya. He was appointed by the General National Congress on 14 October 2012, and took office on 14 November after Congress approv ...

. Abdelaziz's term as foreign minister ended when the cabinet resigned on 29 August 2014. He was replaced by

Mohammed al-Dairi Mohammed al-Dairi or Mohammed ad-Dairi ( ar, محمد الدايري) (born 7 March 1952) is a Libyan politician. He was the foreign minister of Libya from the Tobruk-based House of Representatives since 28 September 2014 until 28 February 2019 ...

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''. Retrieved 28 September 2014. In October 2018 Abdelaziz was appointed ambassador of Libya to Egypt.

Views

In April 2014 he called for the restoration of the

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and that the constitutional monarchy established by the federalist constitution of 1951 was the "only solution" for "the return of security and stability to Libya".

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