Mohamed al-Menfi

Libyan politician (born 1976)

محمد يونس المنفي

Al-Menfi in 2023

Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya

Incumbent

Assumed office
15 March 2021Prime MinisterAbdul Hamid DbeibehVice PresidentMusa Al-KoniPreceded byFayez al-SarrajLibyan Ambassador to GreeceIn office
19 December 2018 – 6 December 2019PresidentFayez al-SarrajPreceded byAhmed GezlalSucceeded byHamad Bashir Mabrouk Personal detailsBorn

Mohamed Younis Ahmed Al-Menfi

(1976-03-03) 3 March 1976 (age 48)
Tobruk, Libya^[a]Spouses

Amira al-Hassi

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(m. 2000; div. 2004)​

Sara al-Menfi

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(m. 2005)​

Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi (Arabic: محمد يونس المنفي; born 3 March 1976)^[1] is a Libyan diplomat and politician. On 5 February 2021, he was chosen as the president of the Libyan Presidential Council at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum.^[2] Previously, he had served as the Libyan Ambassador to Greece.^[3]

Ambassadorship

Al-Menfi's period as ambassador in Athens was marked by a tense relationship between the GNA and the Greek government because of the Libyan (GNA)–Turkish accord on maritime boundaries. The row is part of a long-running dispute between Turkey and Greece over drilling rights in the Mediterranean. He was eventually expelled from Athens in December 2019.^[3]

Presidency of Presidential Council

In the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum procedure for choosing a unified executive authority to lead into the 24 December 2021 Libyan general election, Al-Menfi ran on a joint ticket with Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh as prime minister and Musa Al-Koni and Abdullah al-Lafi as members of the Presidential Council. Their list obtained 39 votes, five more than that of Aguila Saleh Issa and Fathi Bashagha.^[2] The U.S. ambassador denied any attempt to influence the electoral process against Al-Menfi.^[4]

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