Mustafa Kharoubi
Mustafa Kharoubi | |
|---|---|
 Kharoubi in 1970 | |
| Deputy Chief of Staff | |
| In office 1969–1979 | |
| Chief of Staff | Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1939 Matred,Italian Libya |
| Died | 16 July 2015 |
Mustafa al-Kharoubi(1939 – 16 July 2015), also transliterated asKharubi,was a Libyan general and politician underMuammar Gaddafi.[1]He was part of Gaddafi's inner circle.[2]
Biography
[edit]Kharoubi was born in Matred, nearSurman.He was classmates with Gaddafi andAbdessalam Jalloudwhile they attended school inSabhain 1961.[3]They later attended theBenghazi Military University Academytogether.[1]
He played a key role in the1969 Libyan coup d'étatthat brought Gaddafi to power.[2]During the coup, he was tasked with seizing control of the radio building inBenghazi.[1]After the successful coup, he was among the twelve men named to theLibyan Revolutionary Command Council(RCC).[4]He served as deputy chief of staff under chief of staffAbu-Bakr Yunis Jabr.[5]
He later served as head of military intelligence and Gaddafi's envoy with Arab countries until 1990s.[2]He was instrumental in thwarting the 1975 coup attempt led by fellow RCC memberUmar Muhayshi.[1]In the aftermath of Muhayshi's failed coup, only five of the original twelve RCC members remained: Gaddafi, Jalloud,Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr,Khweldi Hameidi,and Kharoubi. All five were from poor or lower-middle-class background.[6]
Starting in the 1990s, Kharoubi was increasingly sidelined in theGaddafi regime.[3]When theFirst Libyan Civil Warbroke out in 2011, he was rumored to have resigned or placed underhouse arrestby Gaddafi.[2]His last assignment was greeting South African PresidentJacob Zumain April 2011 during the civil war.[3]Kharoubi was arrested after the civil war and allegedly tortured by formerLibyan Islamic Fighting Groupmember Khaled al-Sharif at the al-Hadba prison.[1]He was photographed in Hadba courtroom in September 2013 alongsideAbdullah SenussiandBaghdadi Mahmudi.[7]No charges were filed against him.[3]
He died on 16 July 2015. There were two accounts of his death. The attorney general's office claimed he had died of cancer at home inTripoliwith his family days after being released on compassionate grounds. The other account claimed he had died in prison after being denied medical treatment.[3]On 27 July 2015, Mehdi Bouaouaja, the Tunisian lawyer forBaghdadi Mahmudi,alleged that Kharoubi died after being poisoned.[8]
References
[edit]- ^abcde"اكتشف 10 معلومات عن اللواء مصطفى الخروبي".afrigatenews.net(in Arabic).Retrieved2023-02-12.
- ^abcd"Inside Gaddafi's inner circle".aljazeera.Retrieved2023-02-12.
- ^abcdeAsh, Nigel (2015-07-17)."Cancer kills top Qaddafi aide ten days before trial verdict".LibyaHerald.Retrieved2023-02-12.
- ^"Libya Names 12 Members Of Revolutionary Counci".The New York Times.1970-01-11.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2023-02-12.
- ^Nyrop, Richard F.; Studies, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Area (1973).Area Handbook for Libya.U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Ufheil-Somers, Amanda (1986-11-04)."Libya's Revolution Revisited".MERIP.Retrieved2023-02-12.
- ^Al-awsat, Asharq."Middle-east Arab News Opinion".eng-archive.aawsat(in Ukrainian).Retrieved2023-02-12.
- ^Ash, Nigel (2015-07-27)."Justice Ministry denounces Tripoli trial of Qaddafi regime figures".LibyaHerald.Retrieved2023-02-12.
