Hussein Maziq
Hussein Maziq حسين يوسف مازق | |
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| Prime Minister of Libya | |
| In office 18 March 1965 – 2 July 1967 | |
| Monarch | Idris I |
| Preceded by | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Qadir al-Badri |
| Foreign Minister of Libya | |
| In office 22 January 1964 – 18 March 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Mahmud al-Muntasir |
| Preceded by | Mohieddin Fikini |
| Succeeded by | Wahbi al-Bouri |
| Governor of Cyrenaica | |
| In office May 1952 – October 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Sakizli |
| Succeeded by | Mahmud Buhedma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1918 Libya |
Hussein Yousef Maziq (
Family background
Maziq was a descendant of the Haddouth family of the Barasa tribe living in
Maziq (Hussein's grandfather) remained as the leader of Barasa until his death in 1909. He'd left four sons: El Mabrouk (his political heir), Yousef (Hussein's father), Bushdeig, and Uroug, a folk-poet.
As the Italians invaded Libya in 1911, El Mabrouk led the Barasa against them, as the leaders of other tribes did. He was killed at the battle of "Ain Bumansur" near Derna in 1912. Since he had born no children, Yousef became the Barasa's leader.
Early life
Hussein Yousef Maziq was born in 1918 near Tacnis (120 km east of Benghazi). Because of Yousef's connection to the resistance leaders, Libya's Italian government arrested and expatriated him along with his wife, Mardiya, and the newly born Hussein to Cyrene, where Yousef stayed until his death in 1934.
A long time before his death, Yousef has lost his sight, so the Barasa's leadership was transferred to his brother Bushdeig. In 1929, Bushdeig attended the Sidi Rhuma talks between the resistance leaders, headed by
Maziq studied in an Italian school in Cyrene for a while, but the Italian government prevented him from continuing his studies. In 1937, he was a supervisor at the Via Balbia road project, he was responsible of organizing the accounts describing the salaries and savings of Libyan workers.
In 1940, Maziq was invited along with several famous men from Cyrenaica, to visit Italy, where they met Benito Mussolini. Fearing of being attacked by Allies' Navy, he wished to go back to Libya before the Italian involvement in war, and he reached Libya some two weeks before the Italian declaration of war on France and Britain on 10 June 1940.
In 1943 during World War II, Italians were expelled from Libya, and in 1944, emir Idris Senussi returned to it from exile, and approximately in 1946, he met Maziq for the first time and admired him. This was the beginning of Maziq's political career.
Governor
On 1 June 1949, emir Idris declared the "independence" of
During Maziq's governorship, one of the most critical events faced him is the murder of Ibrahim El Shalhi, King Idris's loyalist aide, on 5 October 1954, by a young grandson of
Thereafter, Maziq headed no political posts until January 1964, when he became a foreign minister in
Prime Ministership
On 20 March 1965, al-Muntasir resigned for health reasons. Maziq was assigned now to form the government. He continued executing the five-year plan for development (1963–1968) as the two former governments did. But he still dislikes some men around the King. Although Busairi El Shalhi had already died in a car accident in 1964, another man is still there, named Abdullah Abid es Senussi. Maziq sent to King Idris a report about Abdullah Abid's financial violations.
Unfortunately, troubles came again. After the defeat of the Arab countries at the
Trial and death
For the rest of the Kingdom era, Maziq headed no posts. He was abroad when the coup d'état of 1 September 1969 occurred. However, he returned and, like most officials from the Kingdom era, was placed on trial in the Libyan People's Court and later imprisoned. In court he defended his relationship with King Idris. Maziq was sentenced to a ten-year prison sentence in 1971, but he was released in 1974.
Maziq lived the rest of his life at his home in Benghazi. He died on 12 May 2006, aged 87.[2]
References
- ^ ""Libya Al-Mostakbal"".
- ^ "May 2006". Rulers. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- F. W. Beechey &H.W.Beechey,"…northern Coast of Africa from Tripoly Eastward…", Translated to Garyounis University, Benghazi, 1996.
- Mohammed Mustapha Bazama, "Tarikh , 1994.
- Francesco Rovere, "Cronistoria della Cirenaica 1551-1911", translated to Arabic by Ahmed Ibrahim El Mehdawi, Markaz Jihad al Libiyeen lid Dirasat at Tarikhiya, Benghazi, 2003.
- George Remond, " Aux Camps Turco-Arabes: Notes de Route et de Guerre en Cyrenaique et en Tripolitaine", translated to Arabic by Mohammed Abdul Karim el Wafi, Maktabat al Ferjani, Tripoli, Libya, 1972.
- Garyounis University, " The Martyr Omar al-Mukhtar Festival: Catalogue of Exhibition", Arabic-English version, Benghazi, 1979.
- Mustafa Ben Halim, "Safahat Matwiya men Tarikh Libia as Siyasi", Matabe' al-Ahram at Tejariya, Qalyub, Misr, 1992.
- , 2004–2006.
- Mustapha Ben Halim, "Libia : Inbe'ath Omma.. wa Soqout Dawla", Manshurat al Jamal, Cologne, Germany, 2003.
- Patrick Seale, & Maureen McConvillle, "The Hilton Assignment", Praeger Publishers, New York City, Washington, 1973.
- The Libyan Attorney-General, "Haqiqat Idris", Manshurat al-Fateh 3. al Juz' ath Thani,1976.
- Al-Ra'ed Newspaper, 1 October 1971, No. 1289, Tripoli, Libya.
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