1. Mahmoud Jibril el-Warfally, transcribed Jabril or Jebril or Gebril, was a Libyan politician who served as the interim Prime Minister of Libya for seven and a half months during the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan Civil War, chairing the executive board of the National Transitional Council from 5 March to 23 October 2011.
Toward the end of the conflict, Mahmoud Jibril was increasingly referred to by foreign governments and in media as the interim prime minister of Libya.
Mahmoud Jibril's government was recognized as the "sole legitimate representative" of Libya by the majority of UN states including France, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, Iran, and Qatar.
Mahmoud Jibril graduated in Economics and Political Science from Cairo University in 1975, then earned a master's degree in political science in 1980 and a doctorate in political science in 1985, both from the University of Pittsburgh.
Mahmoud Jibril led the team which drafted and formed the Unified Arab Training manual.
Mahmoud Jibril was responsible for organizing and administering the first two training conferences in the Arab world in the years 1987 and 1988.
Mahmoud Jibril later took over the management and administration of many of the leadership training programs for senior management in Arab countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.
On 23 March 2011, amidst the Libyan Civil War, the National Transitional Council officially formed a transitional government and Mahmoud Jibril was appointed to head it.
Mahmoud Jibril led meetings and negotiations with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a meeting that resulted in France officially recognizing the National Transitional Council as the sole representative of the Libyan people.
Mahmoud Jibril met with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and then-US Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz, successfully persuading them to publicly back the NTC.
Mahmoud Jibril was asked to form a new board subject to the council's approval.
Mahmoud Jibril called for unity and asked that police and army units in Tripoli disavow Gaddafi but remain at their posts.
On 3 October 2011, Mahmoud Jibril announced that he would resign from government once the country had been "liberated".
Mahmoud Jibril later specified this meant the capture of Sirte from loyalist holdouts.
In 2012, Mahmoud Jibril became a member of the newly founded political union, the National Forces Alliance.
Mahmoud Jibril represented his party in the General National Congress election.
At the time, Mahmoud Jibril ran for a second term as prime minister.
Mahmoud Jibril won the first round of voting, with 86 votes, significantly more than the 55 votes obtained by his primary opponent, Mustafa Abushagur.
On 21 March 2020, Mahmoud Jibril suffered a cardiac arrest, and was admitted to the Ganzouri Specialized Hospital in Cairo, Egypt.