Libya Our Home : News and Views ليبيا وطننا : أخبار وآراء. Profile: Mustafa Abdel Jalil - Africa. Immediately after the outbreak of "February 17 revolution" in the eastern part of the country, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi turned to his justice minister for help.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the soft-spoken justice minister in Gaddafi's cabinet, known for his no-nonsense attitude, was dispatched to the eastern city of Benghazi to negotiate release of hostages taken by the rebels. Jalil rushed to Benghazi as Libyan leader's emissary but resigned on February 21 after seeing the brutal security crackdown on civilians. Mustafa Abdel-Jalil. Mustafa Abdul Jalil. Mustafa Abdul Jalil or Abdul-Jalil[1] (Arabic: مصطفى عبد الجليل, also transcribed Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil,[2] Abdel-Jalil, Abdeljalil or Abdu Al Jeleil) (born 1952)[3] 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 (officially, the Secretary of the General People's Committee of Justice) under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.[2] He was noted in some news media[who?] For his stance against various human rights violations in Libya, although Diana West accused him of intransigence during the Bulgarian nurses affair.[4] Career[edit]