Shukri Ghanem
 Shukri Ghanem    (politician) | |
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| Born | 1942-10-09 Tripoli, Libya |
| Died | 2012-04-29 (Age 69) Vienna, Austria |
| Alma mater | Garyounis University, Tufts University |
Shukri Ghanem was a Libyan politician who was Prime Minister from June 2003 until March 2006 when he was replaced by his deputy, Baghdadi Mahmudi.[1]
Ghanem subsequently served as the Minister of Oil until NATO's 2011 Attacks on Libya which led to the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi.
On 29 April 2012, his body was found floating in the River Danube in Vienna.[2][3]
BBC Radio 4 interview
On 22 February 2004, Shukri Ghanem told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme that Libya had played no part in either the 1988 Lockerbie bombing or the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher in London in 1984. Pressed on why his government has offered to pay $2.7 billion (or $10 million dollars to each of the 270 Lockerbie victims' families) in compensation, Ghanem insisted that this was merely an effort to “buy peace” following years of crippling economic sanctions and was not an admission of guilt.[4]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Libya: Fine, but why Britain | article | 20 March 2011 | Brian Barder | David Cameron seemingly Gung Ho on toppling the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, while Barack Obama takes a back seat |
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