Zeidan Cabinet


The cabinet was selected by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on 30 October 2012 and was approved by the General National Congress on 31 October 2012 together with approving Zidan as Libya's first post-war Prime Minister. The cabinet is composed of the following ministers: Two women were selected to cabinet, and select ministries went to political independents who were not associated with any party.
The Zeidan government was officially inaugurated on 14 November 2012.
The Ministers in charge of electricity, higher education and relations with congress have also been rejected by the integrity commission. The nominee for the minister of higher education was ruled unfit to hold public office. Ashour Shuail was cleared by an appeals court and took office on 11 December 2012. Ali Mohammed Mihirig was also cleared by an appeals court.
Four other nominees fates were not decided on by the integrity commission as of 14 November 2012. They were Ali Al-Aujali, Kamla Khamis Al-Mazini, Ahmed Ayad Ali Al-Urfi and Abdulsalam Mohammed Abusaad. Sami Al-Saadi, who was nominated for the Minister of the Martyrs, resigned on 7 November 2012
Nominees for Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Al-Aujali, Social Affairs Minister Kamla Khamis Al-Mazini and Agriculture Minister Ahmed Ayad Ali Al-Urfi were cleared by the integrity commission.
Nominee for Religious Affairs Minister Abdusalam Mohammed Abusaad was still being investigated. Ali Al-Aujali resigned from the cabinet on 31 December 2012.
IncumbentOfficeWebsiteSince
Ali ZeidanPrime Minister of Libya14 November 2012
Sadiq Abdulkarim AbdulrahmanFirst Deputy Prime Minister
Awad al-BaraasiSecond Deputy Prime Minister
Abdussalam Al QadiThird Deputy Prime Minister
Abdulsalam Mohammed AbusaadMinister of Religious Affairs
Mohamed Imhamid AbdulazizMinister for International Cooperation
Ikram Abdulsalam ImamMinister of Tourism
Abubaker Al-Hadi MohammedMinister of Local Government
Salah Bashir MarghaniMinister of Justice 14 November 2012
Usama SialaMinister of Communications and Information Technology
Mohamed Fitouri SualimMinister of Labor and Retraining
Alhadi Suleiman HinshirMinister of Water Resources
Muaz Fathi Al-KujahMinister of State GNC affairs
Ramadan Ali Mansour ZarmuhMinister of State the Injured
Nurideen Abdulhamid DagmanMinister of Health
Ashour Suleiman Shuwail

Mohammed Khalifa Al Sheikh
Minister of Interior
Mustafa Mohammed Abufunas, vacated January 2014Minister of Economy
Mohammed Hassan AbubakerMinister of Education
Mohamed AbdelazizMinister of Foreign Affairs
Mohammed Mahmoud Al Barghathi

Abdullah al-Thanay
Minister of Defense
Haithem Saed JalghamMinister of Planning
Kamila Khamis Al-MaziniMinister of Social Affairs
Abdulbari Al Arusi vacated January 2014Minister of Oil
Haithem Saed JalghamMinister of Finance
Ahmed Ali Al-UrfiMinister of Agriculture
Suleiman Ali Al-Taif Al-FituriMinister of Industry
Abdulasalm Bashir DuabiMinister of Scientific Research and Higher Education
Habib Mohammed Al-AminMinister of Culture
Ali Mohammed Mihirig, vacated January 2014Minister of Electricity
Ali GadourMinister of the Martyrs
Ali Hussein Al-Sharif, vacated January 2014Minister of Housing
Mohamed Al-AyibMinister of Transportation
Mohammed bin SaudMinister of media
Abdulsalam Abdullah Guaila, vacated January 2014Minister of Sports and Youth