Engineer appointed as new Prime Minister of Libya

Posted on 1 Nov 2011 by The Manufacturer

Dr Abdul Raheem al-Keeb, an electrical engineer by trade, was elected yesterday as interim leader by the National Transitional Council.

Abdul Raheem al-Keeb formerly studied in the United States where he received a doctorate in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University. As an academic and a businessman Al-Keeb has spent much of his political and commercial career outside Libya where he is not a well recognised figure. He has a storng academic background but…

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