Giuma Ahmed Atigha

Giuma Ahmed Atigha
President of the General National Congress of Libya Acting
In office 28 May 2013 – 25 June 2013
Prime Minister	Ali Zeidan
Deputy	Saleh Essaleh
Preceded by	Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf (full force)
Succeeded by	Nouri Abusahmain (full force)
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 65–66)
Political party	Independent
Religion	Sunni Islam

Giuma Ahmad Atigha (born 1950) is Libyan politician who has served as Deputy President of the General National Congress of Libya since 2012, and Acting President of the General National Congress of Libya since resignation of Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf on 28 May 2013.

Political career

On 7 July 2012, Giuma Ahmed Atigha was elected as an independent congressman in the 2012 Congressional election. On 10 August, he was elected as deputy president of the General National Congress. Atigha became the acting president of the Congress after the resignation of Mohammed Magariaf. As caretaker head of state, he became the Commander-in-chief of the army.^[1]

References

Heads of state of Libya
Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)	Idris
Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)	Muammar Gaddafi
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)	Muammar Gaddafi Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Mifta al-Usta Umar Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa Muhammad az-Zanati Miftah Muhammed K'eba Imbarek Shamekh Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai
Transitional period (2011–present)	Mustafa Abdul Jalil Mohammed Ali Salim Mohammed Magariaf Giuma Ahmed Atigha Nouri Abusahmain Abu Bakr Baira Aguila Saleh Issa (contested by Nouri Abusahmain) Presidential Council (contested by Aguila Saleh Issa)
Italics indicate interim officeholder