Osama al-Juwaili

Usama al - Dschuwaili (Arabic أسامة الجويلي, DMG Usama al - Ǧuwailī; * 1961 in Sintan ) is a Libyan politician. He was on 22 November 2011 to September 12, 2012 Defence Minister of his country in the cabinet of Abdel Rahim el- Kib.

Career

In the civil war in Libya, al - Dschuwaili led originating from Sintan unit of the Libyan National Liberation Army, 19 November 2011, Saif al -Islam al - Gaddafi, son of Muammar al - Gaddafi arrested.

On December 8, 2011, he said he wanted that the militias and among these the men from his hometown Sintan, remain on the streets until there is a trusted police. Together with Interior Minister Fausi Abdelali works al - Dschuwaili on integrating representatives of the militia of the Liberation Army in the regular armed forces, the police and other institutions of the new government (as of early 2012 ). On December 20, he said it would take about one and a half months until the rival militias Tripoli had left. At the latest when the announced for June 2012 elections to the Constituent Assembly, the militias but would not be a problem.

Al- Dschuwaili regarded as an opponent of Abd al -Hakim Balhaj, the commander of the Military Council of Tripoli. The former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group had been arrested a few days after al - Dschuwaili appointment as Minister of Defence of the Sintan Brigade on flight adhesion of Tripoli and briefly detained.

Until February 18, 2012, had signed up 200,000 revolutionaries at the al- Dschuwaili decorated warrior Committee ( Warriors Committee). For discontent made ​​that including many members of Gaddafi units are; an attempt at reconciliation in the country. A commander of a militia operating in Tripoli from Misrata advocated that generally only fighters against Gaddafi be included in the new army. On 12 September 2012, the National Transitional Council was replaced by the elected government.