Mifta al-Usta Umar

Mifta al-Usta Umar
Head of State of Libya
In office 15 February 1984 – 7 October 1990
Preceded by	Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Succeeded by	Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa
Personal details
Born	1935 Libya
Died	22 March 2010(2010-03-22)

Mifta al-Usta Umar (Arabic: مفتاح الاسطى عمر ‎) (1935-22 March 2010) was the General Secretary of Libya's General People's Congress^[1] from 15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990. In this role, he was officially Libya's head of state, though Muammar Gaddafi continued to exercise ultimate authority in Libya as "Leader and Guide of the Revolution".

He died on 22 March 2010.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Metz, Helen Chapin (2004). Libya. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. pp. 198. ISBN 978-1419130120. http://books.google.com/books?id=aRNVYtHo63IC&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=Mifta+al-Usta+Umar&source=bl&ots=eOQZhLkZGj&sig=K3tXYUiNhoXEbo64DbNs2AdIOOw&hl=en&ei=gxnOTLm9JIWKlwfanqCbBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=Mifta&f=false. 

Persondata
Name	Usta Umar, Mifta al
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Date of birth	1935
Place of birth	Libya
Date of death	22 March 2010
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