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361:, the then 25-year-old Jalloud, dressed in military regalia, was advised by the American diplomatic envoy leading the U.S. delegation that he could not negotiate, "under the gun," nor, in the clamorous atmosphere of the hundreds of Libyan protesters who had been gathered outside the venue, loudly refusing to depart the scene prior to an evacuation date being set. Jalloud exited the room and removed his pistol, returning to state, "As for the demonstrators, you take your orders from the U.S. Government while I take mine from those voices outside." American troops were subsequently evacuated and Wheelus was handed over to the Libyans, on 11 June 1970. 1147: 1155: 232: 1163: 203: 1139: 321: 1171: 247: 215: 417:
officially described during Gaddafi's time as "the revolution." In 1986, Jalloud was implicated in the murder of Hassan Ishkal, an influential aide and distant cousin of Gaddafi. Ishkal had disagreed with the radical economic policies Jalloud was implementing. At the time of his death, Ishkal was considered the third most powerful man in Libya after only Gaddafi and Jalloud.
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In a 1980 interview with an Italian newspaper, Jalloud attempted to justify Gaddafi's "stray dogs" policy of assassinating Libyan dissidents abroad by saying, "Many people who fled abroad took with them goods belonging to the Libyan people. Now they are putting their illicit gains at the disposal of
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He was entrusted with the supervision of the oil sector, which represented 96% of the country's income. In September 1970 Jalloud succeeded in imposing a rise in oil prices to all companies operating in Libya, opening the way for the other oil producers and for the subsequent rises of the 1970s. The
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because Megrahi was also from his tribe. Jalloud, Gaddafi and the other surviving members of the RCC sat atop the "revolutionary sector" which oversaw the government. The leaders of the revolutionary sector were not subject to election, since they owed their offices to their roles in the 1969 coup,
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to build bilateral ties and evaluate areas of potential scientific cooperation between Libya and the People's Republic of China. As part of the Libyan state's efforts to evaluate solutions to what was then a foreseeable water crisis in the North African country, Jalloud solicited Chinese assistance
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from his exile in Italy, where he called Gaddafi a "tyrant" and "false prophet" and called on Libyans to defect from the Gaddafi regime before it was too late. He also claimed that he had tried to leave Libya 18 times (six times by sea, twelve times by land) during the
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reported in April 1995 that the authorities had confiscated Jalloud's passport and kept him under surveillance because of growing disagreement between him and Gaddafi. This disagreement was shown in public after the visit of a delegation of 192 Libyan pilgrims to
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tribe), Jalloud resigned in 1977, departing the Libyan political scene, and was replaced by Captain Mohammad Emsied al-Majdoub al-Gaddafi as the general coordinator of the Revolutionary Committees. The London-based newspaper
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same year, Jalloud also succeeded in negotiating for the evacuation of American and British military bases from Libya. During the negotiations for the evacuation of the
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for a peaceful nuclear energy program, aimed mainly at expanding Libya's desalination industry. In 2011, Jalloud denied attempting to buy nuclear weapons from China.
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before he managed to flee and denied reports that his defection was assisted by foreign diplomats, foreign intelligence agents, or Italian oil company
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tribe) was the second most powerful man in Libya for over two decades. He played a key role in preventing the handover of
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In 2017 a Lebanese judge issued an arrest warrant for Jalloud regarding the disappearance of the Iranian
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launching the Libyan revolution. Jalloud became Gaddafi's adviser and deputy chairman of the
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Jalloud was a classmate of Gaddafi. Major Abdessalam Jalloud entered the military academy of
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Nyrop, Richard F.; Studies, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Area (1973).
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mentioned Jalloud as a potential candidate for prime minister to fight corruption.
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where he called Gaddafi's imminent death "the natural end of any tyrant.".
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After several disagreements with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (from the
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In March 1970, six months after the Libyan revolution, Jalloud went to
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where they formed the hard core of the "free officers" who staged
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Gaddafi’s Intelligence and security Agencies in the Nineties, in
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In October 2010. media affiliated with Gaddafi's reformist son
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Miller, Judith; Times, Special To the New York (1986-01-14).
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from 16 July 1972 to 2 March 1977, under the government of
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Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic between 1972 and 1977
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Prime Minister of Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Minister of Treasury
Muammar Gaddafi
Umar Muhayshi
Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Mizda
British Military Administration of Tripolitania
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Libya

Libyan Army

Major
Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
Arabic
romanized
Prime Minister
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Minister of Treasury

Rome
Benghazi
a military coup in September 1969
Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
American Air Force base at Wheelus
Tripoli

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