May 22, 2013
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Mustafa Abdul Jalil or Abdul-Jalil is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional Council from 5 March 2011 until its dissolution on 8 August 2012. This position meant he was de facto head of state during a transitional period after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's government in the Libyan civil war, and until the handover of power to the General National Congress.
Before the war, Abdul Jalil served as Minister of Justice under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. He was noted in some news media for his stance against various human rights violations in Libya, although others have expressed a different view and accuse him, for example, of intransigence during the Bulgarian nurses affair.
(via Freebase)
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![Libyans protest against new leaders and Jalil's call to pardon Gaddafi loyalists [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-313000/313235/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=9f0407bbb3aa905530b85a261fefa1b2)
![UN votes to end NATO mission, no-fly zone in Libya [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312554/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=fae5068cb9e9e5f5f1e401b456a105c7)
![Libya's new ruler urges NATO to stay through 2011 [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312531/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=2f1d5fd280bc23e1082e2077a5a302ef)
![Libyan revolutionaries launch fresh assault on Sirte as post-Gaddafi Cabinet takes shape [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312166/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=e9c421cc03e08c0263bdb985c8702f4f)
![Gaddafi urges resistance against the 'occupiers' as the 'Friends of Libya' map out the country's future [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-311000/311753/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=512fd855da0a7c3a03907c2475937c8c "A Libyan shows a photograph of (L-R) Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and his wife Safia at Hannibal's house in Tripoli August 30, 2011: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra")
![Fighting intensifies as Libyan rebels draw closer to Sirte [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-311000/311740/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=0e3d6fa51bab26b28ac7dd0fa7160948)
![Gaddafi forces given four days to surrender [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-311000/311708/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=929bcf5c07222cb5f8552bbbb38b0e1b "Reuters / Esam Al-Fetori")
![Libyan opposition fears bloodbath as rebels claim Tripoli advance [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-311000/311540/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=f032e112d2a21aa83bb589a4c1dc0a9a)