(1935-01-01)1 January 1935 Dahra, Tripoli, Italian Libya
Died
5 January 2002(2002-01-05) (aged 67)
Kamel Hassan Maghur (Arabic: كامل حسن المقهور; 1 January 1935 – 5 January 2002) was a Libyan lawyer, diplomat, and writer. He also held various cabinet posts.[1]
Biography
Maghur was born in Dahra, Tripoli, Italian Libya in 1935.[2] He became a lawyer and subsequently a judge in Libya after completing law school in Cairo. He served in various diplomatic and international legal postings, including service as Libya's ambassador to the United Nations, Canada, France and China. In 1972 he became minister for petroleum and in 1984 served as OPEC's chief. In 1986–1987, he was Libya's minister for foreign affairs and in 1989 returned to private law practice in Tripoli. In the late 1990s he served as Libya's lawyer handling sanctions and charges associated with the Lockerbie bombing.
At the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial of accused Lamin Khalifah Fhimah and Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Maghur was the Libyan defence lawyer the two accused had access to, in addition to their respective solicitors and advocates who represented them.[3]
Maghur published eight books of short stories between the 1950s and 2000. He and his wife Suhir Elgheryani had seven children.
References
^"Azza Kamel Maghur". Arab Reform Initiative. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^The Middle East and North Africa. Europa Publications. 1977. ISBN 9780905118116.
^"Commentary on Dr Hans Koechler's Lockerbie report – Scotland on Sunday, 8 April 2001". I-p-o.org. 8 April 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
External links
Official website
Media related to Kamel Maghur at Wikimedia Commons
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