Abdul Majid Kubar

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Abdul Majid Kabar عبد المجيد كعبار
4th Prime Minister of Libya
In office 26 May 1957 – 17 October 1960
Monarch	Idris
Preceded by	Mustafa Ben Halim
Succeeded by	Muhammad Osman Said
Foreign Minister of Libya
In office 14 March – 26 May 1957
Prime Minister	Mustafa Ben Halim
Preceded by	Ali Sahli
Succeeded by	Wahbi al-Bouri
In office 11 October 1958 – 16 October 1960
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Wahbi al-Bouri
Succeeded by
Transport Minister of Libya
In office 26 April 1955 – 26 March 1956
Prime Minister	Mustafa Ben Halim
Preceded by	Ali Sahli
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	9 May 1909[1] Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya)
Died	4 October 1988 (aged 79)

Abdul Majid Kabar (عبد المجيد كعبار / ʿbd āl-Mağid Kaʿbār ) (9 May 1909^[2] – 4 October 1988^[3]), also known as Abdulmegid Coobar, was the Prime Minister of Libya from 26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960, and he is from a Circassian origin.

Biography[]

Kubar worked his way up in Tripolitanian politics until he was appointed a member of the National Constituent Assembly in 1950. In Libya first general election 1952, he entered parliament and served as the house speaker until he became prime minister in 1957. A financial scandal centered on the cost of a road being built in Fezzan to Sabha led to his downfall. Originally cost $5.3 million and scheduled to be completed in three years, the cost overruns led to later estimates of three times the cost. Fearing a vote of no confidence, he resigned in 1960.^[4]

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