Abuzed Dorda أبو زيد عمر دوردة
Prime Minister of Libya
In office 7 October 1990 – 29 January 1994
Preceded by	Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
Succeeded by	Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud
Born	4 April 1944 Rhebat, Libya

Abuzed Omar Dorda (Arabic: أبو زيد عمر دوردة‎) (born April 4, 1944) was General Secretary of the People's Committee (Prime Minister) of Libya from October 7, 1990 to January 29, 1994, and as Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1997 to 2003.

Dorda entered politics as Governor of Misurata Province in 1970, serving in that capacity until 1972. Next, he served as Minister of Information and Culture until 1974, and as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, until 1976. In 1990, he became Prime Minister, and in 1997 he became Libya's Permanent Representative at the UN.

On April 12, 2009, it was reported that Dorda had been appointed to head the Libyan intelligence service, replacing Mussa Kussa.^[1]

[edit] References

• Elster, Robert (2006). The International Who's Who. Routledge. p. 519. ISBN 1-85743-307-6. 

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