Abdurrahim El-Keib
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Abdurrahim El-Keib
| Abdurrahim El-Keib عبد الرحيم الكيب |
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| Transitional Prime Minister of Libya | |
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| Assumed office 24 November 2011 |
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| President | Mustafa Abdul Jalil |
| Deputy | Mustafa Abushagur |
| Preceded by | Ali Tarhouni (Acting) |
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| Born | Abdurrahim Abdulhafiz El-Keib 1950 (age 61–62) Sabratha, British Tripolitania (now Libya) |
| Nationality | Dual Libyan / American[1] |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Tripoli University of Southern California North Carolina State University |
Abdurrahim Abdulhafiz El-Keib,[2][3] PhD, (Arabic عبد الرحيم عبد الحفيظ الكيب; also transcribed Abdel Rahim AlKeeb, Abdul Raheem Al-Keeb, etc.)[4] is a professor of electrical engineering, entrepreneur,[5] and Libyan politician from the city of Sabratha.[5] He was named Libya's interim Prime Minister by the country's National Transitional Council on 31 October 2011.[6] On 29 April 2012, Mustafa Abdul Jalil renewed confidence to his Cabinet.[7]
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Early life
El-Keib left Libya in 1976 and joined the Libyan opposition[8] and over the years worked to help finance the movement.[9] From a prestigious family from Sabratha – a coastal town 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of Tripoli[5] – during his exile, El-Keib would meet his family, who remained in Libya, during excursions to Morocco.
Academic career
[10] El-Keib joined the University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1985 and became Professor in 1996. He has lectured at the University of Tripoli, North Carolina State University, and the University of Alabama.[1] El-Keib, an expert in power system economics, planning and controls, took leave from his tenured faculty position at Alabama to direct the Division of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 1999–2001. In 2006 he left Alabama to chair the EE Department at The Petroleum Institute in the UAE (where El-Keib remained until he joined the Libyan Transitional National Council as one of its representatives for Tripoli in the summer of 2011). He has supervised many M.Sc. theses and PhD dissertations on "capacitive compensation planning and operation for primary distribution feeders" and is the recipient of several teaching and research awards.
El-Keib's research in the area of Electrical Power Engineering and is an author of numerous research papers. His research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the United States Department of Energy (US DoE), Southern Company Services (SC), and Alabama Power Company (APCO). He has published numerous papers and research reports and a book chapter. His work on Emissions Constrained Dispatch and VoltlVar compensation on primary distribution feeders has been implemented by several companies in the US. He also served as a consultant to several industries including Alabama Power Company and Southern Company Services.
He served as a member of the Board of Directors, the Arab Science and Technology Foundation, 2001–2007, a member of the Science and Technology Panel, the Islamic Development Bank, Senior member of IEEE, Associate Editor for the IEEE Power Engineering Society Letters, 1992–2000, and the World Science and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) Transactions on Power Systems, a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Korean Institute of electrical Engineers (KIEE)/Society of Power Engineering, and of the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Innovations in Energy Systems and Power (IJESP).[11]
In 2005, El-Keib founded the Libyan company International Company for Energy and Technology.[5]
Community work
A devout Muslim, El-Keib helped lead the Islamic community during his two decades in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and became involved in informal, inter-faith dialogue after the 9-11 attacks.[12] He is married.
Prime Minister of Libya
On November 1, 2011, Abdurrahim El-Keib was named the interim Prime Minister of Libya after garnering 26 out 51 votes from the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC).[13] After repeated clashes with the NTC, despite some allegations, his Cabinet will stay in office until the elections.[14]
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References
- ^ a b Sheridan, Mary Beth (1 November 2011), "Dual U.S.-Libyan citizen chosen as prime minister of Libya", Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/nato-formally-ends-libya-bombing-campaign/2011/10/31/gIQAtiObZM_story.html
- ^ "Dr. Abdurrahim El-Keib ؛Professor and chairman". The Petroleum Institute. Department of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. 31 October 2011. http://www.pi.ac.ae/PI_ACA/ee/faculty_staff/aelkeib.php. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ Libyan PM official website, http://www.pm.gov.ly/, retrieved 3 January 2012
- ^ "Abdul Raheem al-Keeb elected Libya's interim PM". Thomson Reuters. Reuters Africa. 31 October 2011. http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5E7LV46820111031. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d Profile: Prestigious background, Gulf News, 2 November 2011, http://gulfnews.com/news/region/libya/republic-versus-monarchy-sanussi-movement-steeped-in-history-1.922184
- ^ "Libya: Abdel Rahim al-Kib named new interim PM". BBC News. BBC. 31 October 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15530640. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "Libya's ruling council keeping Cabinet in place". Fox News Channel. Fox News Channel. 29 April 2012. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/29/libya-ruling-council-keeping-cabinet-in-place/. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ Holmes, Oliver (1 November 2011). "Libya's new prime minister is low-key technocrat". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/01/us-libya-premier-newsmaker-idUSTRE7A052S20111101..
- ^ Profile: Abdurrahim El Keib, AlJazeera, 1 November 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/11/20111119302916682.html
- ^ China says Libya ready to compensate Chinese companies The Daily Star (Lebanon)
- ^ Department of Electrical Engineering: Dr. Abdurrahim El-Keib: Professor and Chairman, The Petroleum Institute, http://www.pi.ac.ae/PI_ACA/ee/faculty_staff/aelkeib.php, retrieved 2 November 2011
- ^ "New Libyan PM was Alabama professor for 20 years". Associated Press. 1 November 2011. http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/11/01/new_libyan_pm_was_alabama_professor_for_20_years/.
- ^ "Libya's NTC names interim prime minister". Al Jazeera. 2011-11-01. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/10/2011103118460574109.html.
- ^ "Libya: Elkeib Government Kept in Place Despite No-confidence Vote". Tripoli Post. 2012-29-04. http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=8290.
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- Interview: Abdurrahim el-Keib, Libya's new prime minister, Radio France Internationale – English, 1 November 2011, http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20111101-libya-will-not-be-governed-extremists-says-new-pm
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Prime Minister of Libya 2011–present |
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