Massoud Abdelhafid

Massoud Abdelhafid was a prominent Libyan general in the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. He has held various positions of government since the 1969 coup d'etat of Muammar Gaddafi including Commander of Military Security,^[1] Governor of Southern Libya^[2][3] and Head of Security in Major Cities.^[4] He is a key figure in Libya's relations with neighbouring Chad and Sudan.^[5] Massoud Abdelhafid was a senior commander in the Libyan Army during the Chadian-Libyan conflict.^[6] Known for his leadership of Libyan-backed insurrections and wars in Chad, he has been referred to as "Mr Chad".^[7]

2011 Libyan civil war

The United Nations Security Council drafted a resolution naming 23 senior Libyan officials in the regime of Muammar Gaddafi to be sanctioned. The resolution, which included travel bans and asset freezes, named Massoud Abdelhafid.^[8]

Subsequent to the defection of Abdul Fatah Younis, Muammar Gaddafi designated Abdelhafid to the position of interior minister.^[9] General Massoud Abdelhafid led the pro-Gaddafi forces in the city of Sabha during the Battle of Sabha and the Fezzan campaign.^[10]

Abdelhafid was reported to have fled to Egypt alongside Interior Minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah.^[11]

Notes

1. ^ Black, CR: Deterring Libya, the Strategic Culture of Muammar Qaddafi, Page 11, The Counter Proliferation Papers, Air University, 2000.
2. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8754761/All-eyes-on-the-desert-as-the-hunt-for-Gaddafi-continues.html, The Telegraph, 2011
3. ^ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.tibesti.org/communique9.htm&ei=BBedTIuyJ9Hc4waQ17nZDQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCcQ7gEwBA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmasoud%2Babdelhafid%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENXX257%26prmd%3Do, The National Council of Tibesti, The Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, 2004.
4. ^ http://sijill.tripod.com/sec92.htm, Libya: Changes Among the Colonels, 1992.
5. ^ Africa Energy Intelligence: Libya-Chad, Tidjani Thiam, Indigo Publications, 2001.
6. ^ Correau L: 1977-1979 La Conquete du Nord, Habre a N'Djamena, RFI, 2008, translated link: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/104/article_70533.asp&ei=mSCdTKTZJ82l4Abwy7GtDQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgeneral%2Bmessaoud%2Babdelhafiz%2Blibye%2Btchad%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENXX257%26prmd%3Do
7. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8754761/All-eyes-on-the-desert-as-the-hunt-for-Gaddafi-continues.html
8. ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4034224,00.html, UN draft sanctions names 23 Libyan officials February 2011
9. ^ http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME.XEF46734.html, Ansamed, March 2011
10. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8754761/All-eyes-on-the-desert-as-the-hunt-for-Gaddafi-continues.html, The Telegraph, All eyes on the desert as the hunt for Gaddafi continues, 2011
11. ^ http://politeadigest.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/preparing-for-post-gadhafi-libya/

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Name	Abdelhafid, Massoud
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