Mustafa A.G. Abushagur
| Mustafa A.G. Abushagur مصطفى ابوشاقور |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Libya | |
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In office 22 November 2011 – 14 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Abdurrahim El-Keib |
| Preceded by | Ali Tarhouni |
| Succeeded by | Awad al-Baraasi (acting) |
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15 February 1951 Tripoli, British Administration of Tripolitania (now Libya) |
| Political party |
Independent (since 1992) National Front for the Salvation of Libya (1980–1992) |
| Spouse(s) | Fatma Ahmed (1977–present) |
| Children | Ousama Soumiea Asmah Sarrah Noor |
| Alma mater |
University of Tripoli California Institute of Technology |
| Religion | Islam |
Mustafa A.G. Abushagur (Arabic: مصطفى ابوشاقور غيت ابوشاقور; born 15 February 1951) is a Libyan politician, professor of electrical engineering, university president and entrepreneur. He served as interim Deputy Prime Minister of Libya from 22 November 2011 to 14 November 2012 in Abdurrahim El-Keib’s cabinet and was briefly elected to succeed El-Keib as Prime Minister in 2012, before failing to receive congressional approval for his cabinet nominees and being removed from office.
Abushagur was born in the Souq Al-Jumuah district of Tripoli on 15 February 1951. When he was a few years old, his family moved to the western mountain city of Gharyan, where they resided for sometime before returning to Souq Al-Jumuah in Tripoli.
He began his education in Gharyan. When he was in second grade, he moved to Souq Al-Jumuah schools where he continued his studies until he completed high school. He then studied at the University of Tripoli where he earned a B.Sc. in electrical engineering. In 1975, Abushagur moved to Pasadena, California to continue his education at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). During his time at Caltech, he earned a M.Sc. in electrical engineering in 1977 and earned his Ph.D. in 1984.
Abushagur began his academic career as a visiting professor at the University of Rochester, New York in 1984. Then he joined the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in 1985 as an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and became full Professor in 1995. While working in the ECE department, he proposed a plan to start an optical engineering undergraduate program. He went on to develop the curriculum and was the Chairman of the Optical Engineering Committee for the remainder of his time at the university. This program became the first to receive the ABET accreditation in optical engineering in the USA. During his time at UAH, Abushagur received multiple research awards and grants from several federal agencies, such as NASA, NSF, DoD and the FAA. While on sabbatical leave from UAH, Abushagur was involved in two start-up companies. The first start-up was Photronix (M) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia, an optical fiber component company, which he founded in 1998 with private equity. From 1998 to 2002, Abushagur was the president and CTO before returning to his position at UAH. His second start-up was LiquidLight, which was an optical networking equipment developer, which was founded through venture capital. He was the co-founder, CTO and vice president of LiquidLight from 2000-2001.
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