1. Fathi Ali Abdul Salam Bashagha, known simply as "Fathi Bashagha" or occasionally Fathi Ali Pasha, is a Libyan politician and the former interim prime minister of Government of National Stability.
17 Facts About Fathi Bashagha
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Fathi Bashagha served as Minister of Interior from 2018 to 2021.
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On 10 February 2022, Bashagha was selected as prime minister-designate by the eastern-based Libyan House of Representatives.
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On 16 May 2023, the Libyan eastern-based parliament suspended Fathi Bashagha and assigned his duties to the finance minister Osama Hammad.
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Fathi Bashagha was born on 20 August 1962, in the city of Misrata, Kingdom of Libya.
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Fathi Bashagha graduated from the Misrata aviation college in 1984 and spent a decade working as a trainer pilot specializing in fighter jets.
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Fathi Bashagha remained at the aviation college until he resigned from the Libyan Air Force in 1993 and started working in the import-export trade.
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The Judicial Committee summoned serving and resigned officers to form a military committee, the Military Council in Misrata, of which Fathi Bashagha was named a member.
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Fathi Bashagha joined the advisory committee at the National Reconciliation Commission.
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Fathi Bashagha served as a member of the controversial Misrata Shura Council in 2012, and is considered a supporter of and involved in the Libya Dawn operations.
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Fathi Bashagha was elected to the House of Representatives for the city of Misrata in 2014.
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Fathi Bashagha decided to boycott the House of Representatives along with a group of deputies from Misrata.
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Fathi Bashagha was nominated in 2015 to head the Defence and National Security Council of the Al-Wefaq government and apologized for not accepting the position.
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On 28 August 2020, Fathi Bashagha was suspended as Interior Minister amid protests in Tripoli.
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Fathi Bashagha was restored to his position on 3 September 2020.
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On 16 December 2019, Fathi Bashagha was injured after being shot at in an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen.
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On 21 February 2021, Fathi Bashagha survived an ambush by gunmen on his motorcade in Tripoli, in which one of his guards was wounded and the others chased the assailants, killing one of them and arresting two others.