Jalal al-Digheily
| Jalal al-Digheily | |
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| Minister of Defence of the National Transitional Council of Libya | |
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In office May 2011 – 22 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Omar El-Hariri |
| Succeeded by | Osama al-Juwali |
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| Political party | Anti-Gaddafi forces |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Jalal Muhammad Mansur al-Digheily, sometimes transliterated al-Dogheily, is a Libyan politician who served as the Defence Minister of Libya under the National Transitional Council during the 2011 Libyan civil war. Digheily succeeded Omar El-Hariri no later than 19 May 2011 after the latter was relieved over ongoing tensions with General Abdul Fatah Younis, then the National Liberation Army chief. Though El-Hariri held the title of Minister of Military Affairs, virtually all sources have referred to Digheily as the Defence Minister of the National Transitional Council. He was fired along with 14 other members of the 16-person Executive Board on 8 August 2011, but was reappointed in early October 2011 after continuing in the role of interim defence minister for almost two months. When Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib announced his cabinet on 22 November 2011, Digheily was excluded in favor of Zintan Brigade commander Osama al-Juwali.
According to The Economist, Digheily is a civilian, not a military man.The Jamestown Foundation reported that he holds a doctorate.
Unlike his predecessor, Omar El-Hariri, Jalal al-Digheily was reportedly a member of the Executive Board of the National Transitional Council.
Digheily met with the chief of staff of the Qatar Armed Forces on 5 July in Doha.
On 20 July, Digheily visited Nalut in western Libya's Nafusa Mountains. He heralded the alliance forged between Arabs and Amazigh in the region, expressed confidence in Amazigh fighters' ability to defend the nearby Wazzin border crossing with Tunisia, and confirmed that the NTC was working with NATO commanders to pinpoint targets loyal to the Libyan Jamahiriya Government, led by Muammar Gaddafi, whom the NTC was trying to oust, on the western front. He was accompanied by a Qatari representative on his trip to Nalut, a journalist with The Jamestown Foundation reported.
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