Shukri Ghanem
| Shukri Mohammed Imhemed Ghanem | |
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| شكري محمد إمحمد غانم | |
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| Minister of Oil | |
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In office 1 March 2006 – 16 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Fathi Ben Shatwan |
| Prime Minister of Libya | |
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In office 14 June 2003 – 5 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Imbarek Shamekh |
| Succeeded by | Baghdadi Mahmudi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 October 1942 Tripoli, Libya |
| Died | 29 April 2012 (aged 69) Vienna, Austria |
| Alma mater |
Garyounis University Tufts University |
Shukri Mohammed Ghanem (Arabic: شكري محمد إمحمد غانم October 1942 – 29 April 2012) was a Libyan politician who was the General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya (prime minister) from June 2003 until March 2006 when, in the first major government re-shuffle in over a decade, he was replaced by his deputy, Baghdadi Mahmudi. Ghanem subsequently served as the Minister of Oil until 2011. On 29 April 2012, his body was found floating on the New Danube, Vienna.
Early in the Libyan Civil War he reportedly "fled", but after the city of Ra's Lanuf was recaptured by pro-government forces, AP reported on 13 March that he asked Eni SpA for help with putting out a fire at the Ra's Lanuf Refinery. On 16 May, Al Arabiya and the NTC reported that Shukri Ghanem defected to Tunisia. The next day Tunisian security officials confirmed he had indeed defected into Tunisia.
Ghanem was born in Tripoli on 9 October 1942. He studied economics at Garyounis University in Benghazi and graduated in 1963. He also held PhD in international economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and Harvard University in 1975.
Ghanem was previously in charge of the OPEC secretariat, and was the Director of its Research Division. He served as Deputy Director and Director of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Economy in Libya; was Director of Marketing of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC); was Director of Economic Affairs and Under Secretary and Chief Advisor at the Ministry of Petroleum in Libya. In 2003, Ghanem was appointed General Secretary of the General People’s Committee or Prime Minister. In March 2006, Ghanem was appointed Chairman of Libya's NOC. He tendered his resignation from NOC in August 2009 amidst probable disagreements within the Libyan government over the development of the oil sector.
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