Abdessalam Jalloud [SEP] position held
Abdessalam Jalloud
Abdessalam Jalloud () (born 15 December 1944) was Prime Minister of Libya from 16 July 1972 to 2 March 1977, during the government of Muammar Gaddafi. He was also Minister of Finance from 1970 until 1972.
Career.
Major Abdessalam Jalloud entered the military academy of Benghazi where they formed the hard core of the "free officers" who staged a military coup in September 1969 launching the Libyan revolution. Jalloud became Gaddafi’s adviser and deputy chairman of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)
who claimed they pushed beyond the western edge of the city to the outskirts of Khoms.
- The centre of Zawiya, Martyrs Square, was taken by rebel forces after a fierce battle.
- Reuters reported that Abdessalam Jalloud, a former Libyan Prime Minister from 1972–1977, defected to rebel-held Zintan.
- The Associated Press reported that rebels claimed that Brega was now completely under rebel control.
- The Libyan embassy in Brasilia, Brazil was stormed by protesters supporting the Libyan rebels. The Flag of Libya