Aguila Saleh Issa

Aguila Saleh Issa
عقيلة صالح عيسى
Aguila Saleh Issa; عقيلة صالح عيسى
	Aguila Salah Issa in July 2020
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Libya
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 August 2014
President	Nouri Abusahmain ; Fayez al-Sarraj ; Mohamed al-Menfi
Prime Minister	Abdullah al-Thani ; Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
Preceded by	Abu Bakr Baira (Acting)
Head of State of Libya
	In office; 5 August 2014* – 15 March 2021
Preceded by	Abu Bakr Baira (Acting)
Succeeded by	Mohamed al-Menfi
Personal details
Born	11 January 1944 (age 77); Al Qubbah, Libya
Political party	Independent
	*Issa's term was disputed by Nouri Abusahmain until 31 March 2016 then by Fayez al-Sarraj.

Aguila Saleh Issa (Arabic: عقيلة صالح عيسى‎; born January 11, 1944^[1]) is a Libyan jurist and politician who is the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives since 5 August 2014. He is also a representative of the town of Al Qubbah, in the east of the country.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography[]

Aguila Saleh Issa was born on January 11, 1944, in the town of Al Qubbah, Libya.

Following the 2014 Libyan Parliamentary election, Aguila Saleh Issa was elected as parliament speaker, but was forced to flee to Tobruk along with the rest of the Libyan House of Representatives after Tripoli was seized by militias.^[5]

On February 20, 2015, Aguila Saleh Issa's residence was the target of bombing by ISIL militants in the town of Al Qubbah. In what became known as Al Qubbah bombings, bombs also targeted a petrol station and a police station. It was one of the deadliest attacks in Libya since the end of the 2011 civil war, resulting in a total of at least 40 people killed, although it was not clear how many died in the attack on his residence. ISIL said that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the 2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya.^[6]