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{{Infobox official post
| post = Minister
| body = Foreign Affairs
| native_name = {{lang|ar|وزيرة الخارجية}}
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| image = Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (15-04-2021).jpg
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| incumbent = [[Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh]]
| acting = yes
| incumbentsince = 3 September 2023 {{small|(during suspension of [[Najla El Mangoush]])}}
| department = Ministry of Foreign Affairs
| style = Mr. Minister {{small|(currently)}}<br />Miss. Minister {{small|(Not at the moment)}}
| type = Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| member_of = [[Cabinet of Libya]]
| reports_to = [[List of heads of government of Libya|Prime Minister]]
| residence = 
| seat = [[Tripoli, Libya]]
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| termlength = No fixed term<br />{{small|At the Prime Minister's behest}}
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| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=y|1951|3|29}}
| first = [[Ali Jerbi]]
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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20200604085510/https://foreign.gov.ly/ www.foreign.gov.ly]
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This is a '''list of [[foreign minister]]s of [[Libya]]'''.

== Names ==
Title of foreign minister varies depending on political regime. For example, during the Jamahiriya era (1977–2011), the title was ''Secretary of People's Committee for Foreign Communication and International Cooperation.''

==Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Libya==

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan=5|

===Libyan provisional government (pre-independence, 1951)===
|-
! width="60px"| Portrait
! Name 
! Lifespan
! Term of office
! [[List of heads of government of Libya|Prime Minister]]
|-
| [[File:Ali Jerbi.jpg|60px]]
| [[Ali Jerbi]]
| 1903–1969
| 29 March 1951 – 24 December 1951
| [[Mahmud al-Muntasir]]
|-
! colspan=5|

===[[Kingdom of Libya]] (1951–1969)===
|-
| [[File:Mahmud al-Muntasir2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Mahmud al-Muntasir]]
| 1903–1970
| 24 December 1951 – 19 February 1954
| [[Mahmud al-Muntasir]]	
|-
| [[File:Mohammed Sakizli.jpg|60px]]
| [[Muhammad Sakizli]]
| 1892–1976  
| 19 February 1951 – 11 April 1954
| [[Muhammad Sakizli]]
|-
| 
| [[Abdul Salam al-Buseiri]]
| 1898–1978
| 11 April 1954 – 3 December 1954
| rowspan="4" | [[Mustafa Ben Halim]]
|-
| [[File:Mustafa Ben Halim.jpg|60px]]
| [[Mustafa Ben Halim]]
| 1921– 2021
| 3 December 1954 – 30 October 1956
|-
| 
| [[Ali Sahli]]
| 1924–2004
| 30 October 1956 – 14 March 1957
|-
| [[File:Abdul Majid Kubar.JPG|60px]]
| [[Abdul Majid Kubar]]<br />{{small|(1st time)}}
| 1909–1988 
| 14 March 1957 – 26 May 1957 
|-
| 
| [[Wahbi al-Bouri]]<br />{{small|(1st time)}}
| 1916–2010
| 26 May 1956 – 11 October 1958
| rowspan="2" | [[Abdul Majid Kubar]] 
|-
| [[File:Abdul Majid Kubar.JPG|60px]]
| [[Abdul Majid Kubar]]<br />{{small|(2nd time)}}
| 1909–1988
| 11 October 1958 – 16 October 1960
|-
| [[File:Abdul Qadir al Allam.jpg|60px]]
| [[Abdul Qadir al-Allam]]
| 1919–2003
| 16 October 1960 – 3 May 1961
| rowspan="4" | [[Muhammad Osman Said]]
|-
| 
| [[Suleiman Jerbi]]
| ?
| 3 May 1961 – 27 January 1962
|-
| [[File:Wanis al-Qaddafi2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Wanis al-Qaddafi]]<br />{{small|(1st time)}}
| 1924–1986 
| 27 January 1962 – 6 March 1963
|-
| 
| [[Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir]]
| 1930–1999
| 6 March 1963 – 19 March 1963
|-
| [[File:Mohieddin Fekini.jpg|60px]]
| [[Mohieddin Fikini]]
| 1925–1994
| 19 March 1963 – 22 January 1964
| [[Mohieddin Fikini]]
|-
| [[File:Hussein Maziq2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Hussein Maziq]]
| 1918–2006
| 22 January 1964 – 20 March 1965
| [[Mahmud al-Muntasir]]
|-
| 
| [[Wahbi al-Bouri]]<br />{{small|(2nd time)}}
| 1916–2010 
| 20 March 1965 – 2 October 1965
| [[Hussein Maziq]]
|-
| [[File:Ahmad Bishti.JPG|60px]]
| [[Ahmad Bishti]]
| born 1927
| 2 October 1965 – 4 January 1968
| [[Hussein Maziq]]<br />{{small|(1965–1967)}}<br />[[Abdul Qadir al-Badri]]<br />{{small|(1967)}}<br />[[Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush]]<br />{{small|(1967–1968)}}
|-
| [[File:Wanis al-Qaddafi2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Wanis al-Qaddafi]]<br />{{small|(2nd time)}}
| 1924–1986
| 4 January 1968 – 4 September 1968
| [[Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush]]
|-
| [[File:Shams ad Din Orabi.jpg|60px]]
| [[Shams ad-Din Orabi]]
| died 2009
| 4 September 1968 – June 1969
| rowspan="2" | [[Wanis al-Qaddafi]] 
|-
| 
| [[Ali Hassanein]]
| 1925–2018
| June 1969 – 31 August 1969
|-
! colspan=5|

===[[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Libya under Gaddafi]] (1969–2011)===

====[[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)|Libyan Arab Republic]] (1969–1977)====
|-
| [[File:Salah Buisir.jpg|60px]]
| [[Salah Busir]]
| 1925–1973
| 1969–1970 
| [[Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi]]
|-
| [[File:Mohammed Najm.jpg|60px]]
| [[Mohammed Najm]]
| 1943–2016
| 1970–1972
| [[Muammar Gaddafi]]
|-
| 
| [[Mansour Rashid El-Kikhia]]
| 1931–{{circa}} 1993
| 1972–1973
| rowspan="3" | [[Abdessalam Jalloud]]
|-
| 
| [[Abdel Moneim al-Houni|Abdul Monem el Houni]]
| ?
| 1974–1975
|-
| [[File:Ali Treki.JPG|60px]]
| [[Ali Treki]]<br />{{small|(1st time)}}
| 1938–2015
| 1976–1977
|-
! colspan=5|

====[[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]] (1977–2011)====
|-
! Portrait
! Name 
! Lifespan
! Term of office
! [[List of heads of government of Libya|Secretary of General<br>People's Committee]]
|-
|colspan="5" bgcolor="lightgrey" align="center"| '''Secretaries of the People's Committee for External Communication'''
|-
| [[File:Ali Treki.JPG|60px]]
| [[Ali Treki]]
| 1938–2015
| 1977–1982
| [[Abdul Ati al-Obeidi]]<br />{{small|(1977–1979)}}<br />[[Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi]]<br />{{small|(1979–1982)}}
|-
| [[File:Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Abdul Ati al-Obeidi]]<br />{{small|(1st time)}}
| 1939–2023
| 1982–1984
| [[Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi]]
|-
| [[File:Ali Treki.JPG|60px]]
| [[Ali Treki]]<br />{{small|(2nd time)}}
| 1938–2015
| 1984–1986
| [[Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab]]
|-
| 
| [[Kamel Maghur]]
| 1935–2002
| 1986–1987
| [[Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi]]
|-
| 
| [[Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi]]
| 1939–2024
| 1987–1990
| [[Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir]]
|-
| 
| [[Ibrahim al Bishari]]
| {{circa}} 1942–1997
| 1990–1992
| [[Abuzed Omar Dorda]]
|-
| 
| [[Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir]]
| 1939–2001
| 1992–2000
| [[Abuzed Omar Dorda]]<br />{{small|(1992–1994)}}<br />[[Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud]]<br />{{small|(1994–1997)}}<br />[[Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush]]<br />{{small|(1997–2000)}}
|-
| [[File:Abdel Rahman Shalgham.jpg|60px]]  
| [[Abdel Rahman Shalgham]]
| born 1949
| 2000–2009
| [[Imbarek Shamekh]]<br />{{small|(2000–2003)}}<br />[[Shukri Ghanem]]<br />{{small|(2003–2006)}}<br />[[Baghdadi Mahmudi]]<br />{{small|(2006–2009)}}
|-
| [[File:MussaKussa.jpg|60px]] 
| [[Moussa Koussa]]
| born 1950
| 2009–2011
| rowspan="2" | [[Baghdadi Mahmudi]]
|-
| [[File:Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Abdul Ati al-Obeidi]]<br />{{small|(2nd time)}}
| 1939–2023
| 2011
|-
! colspan=5|

===[[History of Libya#Transition and 2014 Civil War|Transitional period]] (2011–2021)===
|-
! Portrait
! Name 
! Lifespan
! Term of office
! [[List of heads of government of Libya|Prime Minister]]
|-
| [[File:Mahmoud Jibril (World Economic Forum Special Meeting 2011).jpg|60px]]
| [[Mahmoud Jibril]]
| 1952–2020
| 23 March 2011 – 23 November 2011
| [[Mahmoud Jibril]]
|-
| [[File:Ashour Bin Khayal cropped.jpg|60px]]
| [[Ashour Bin Khayal]]
| born 1939
| 24 November 2011 – 14 November 2012 
| [[Abdurrahim El-Keib]]
|-
| [[File:Libyscher Außenminister cropped (8531146192).jpg|60px]]
| [[Mohamed Abdelaziz (Libyan politician)|Mohamed Abdelaziz]]
| born {{circa}} 1952
| 14 November 2012 – 28 September 2014
| [[Ali Zeidan]]<br />{{small|(2012–2014)}}<br />[[Abdullah al-Thani]]<br />{{small|(2014)}} 
|-
| [[File:70. UN Generalversammlung (21797538816) Mohammed al-Dairi.jpg|60px]]
| [[Mohammed al-Dairi]]
| born 1952
| 28 September 2014 – 28 February 2019
| [[Abdullah al-Thani]]
|-
|
| [[Abdulhadi Elhweg]]
| born 1971
| 28 February 2019 – 15 March 2021
| [[Abdullah al-Thani]]
|-
! colspan=5|

===[[Government of National Accord]] (2016–2021)===
|-
! Portrait
! Name 
! Lifespan
! Term of office
! [[List of heads of government of Libya|Prime Minister]]
|-
| [[File:Mohamed Taha Siala May 2017 (34270298941).jpg|60px]]
| [[Mohamed Taha Siala]]
| born 1943
| 30 March 2016 – 15 March 2021
| [[Fayez al-Sarraj]]
|-
! colspan=5|

===[[Government of National Unity (Libya)|Government of National Unity]] (2021–present)===
|-
! Portrait
! Name 
! Lifespan
! Term of office
! [[List of heads of government of Libya|Prime Minister]]
|-
| [[File:Libyan Foreign Minister Mangoush.jpg|60px]]
| [[Najla Mangoush]]
| born 1970
| 15 March 2021 – 28 August 2023 {{small|(Suspended)}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh]]
|-
|
|[[Fathallah al-Zani]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| born 1985
|28 August 2023 – 3 September 2023
|-
| [[File:Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (15-04-2021).jpg|60px]]
| [[Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| born 1958
| 3 September 2023 – Present
|}

== Notes ==

# Despite that the list shown on website of Libyan foreign ministry are one of the sources used in this list, it omits some ministers, like [[Shams ad-Din Orabi]], and [[Ali Hassanein]], between [[Ahmad Bishti]], and [[Salah Busir]].
{{Politics of Libya|relations}}

==References==
*Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, "Libia bain al Madi wal Hadir: Safahat men at Tarikh as Siyasi", 4 vols., Markaz ad Dirasat al Libiya, Oxford,  2004.
*Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 3, 1st ed., 2012.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180421121244/http://www.foreign.gov.ly/ar/Ministers.php Libyan Foreign Ministry-List of Foreign Ministers (Arabic)]
*http://rulers.org/fm3.html

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