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Mustafa Abdul Jalil

27/08/2011

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Mustafa Abdul Jalil, recent defector who now leads Libya's National Transitional Council.

Mustafa Abdul Jalil, a former Justice Minister for the Gaddafi regime who was jailed when he challenged the dictator and is now Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council.

Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a former Justice Minister for the Gaddafi regime and now head of Libya's National Transitional Council. He publicly challenged Gaddafi's authority and offered his resignation but it was turned down and the dictator preferred to keep Mustafa Abdul Jalil close, apparently encouraged by the leader's son Saif al-islam Gadaffi.

Known as a man of integrity and a stickler for the law, he defected in February after visiting the city of Bengazi, and saw peaceful protestors being shot. In May Mr Abdul Jalil did the rounds of European capitals calling on their governments to support the rebel National Transitional Council. But as Nick Ravenscroft reports there are doubts as to whether he has the leadership qualities to manage the disparate groups and steer the country toward democracy. 

Producer: Rob Cave.

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