Fathi Ali Abd-AlSalam Bashagha or :ar:فتحي علي باشاغا|فتحي علي عبد السلام باشآغا pronounced "Fat-Hee Alee Abdu-Salam Basha-gha", known simply as "Fathi Bashagha", or "Fathi Ali Pasha" on his website, was born 20 August 1962 in Misrata and currently holds an office as Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord appointed by Fayez al-Sarraj on 7 October 2018.
Career
Fathi Ali Abdul Salam Pashaga was born on August 20, 1962 in the city of Misrata, Libya. After completing the secondary stage, he graduated from the Air College with the rank of a second lieutenant, a fighter pilot and was chosen among 5 officers to continue training students after passing the training course and remained in it until he resigned from the Air Force in 1993 and moved to the import-export trade and worked in this field. After the 2011 Libyan revolution, the Judicial Committee was formed at the time, and it is the committee that summoned the serving and resigned officers to form a military committee and was one of the members of the Military Council in Misurata. In 2011, he joined the Military Council as Head of the Information and Coordinates Department, then as spokesperson for the Misrata Military Council. He joined the advisory committee at the National Reconciliation Commission. He served as a member of the controversial Misrata Shura Council in 2012, and is considered a supporter of and involved in the Libya Dawn operations. In 2013, he ran for the position of Minister of Defense. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the city of Misurata in 2014. He decided to boycott the House of Representatives within a group of Misurata deputies. He was nominated in 2015 to head the Defense and National Security Council of the Al-Wefaq government and apologized for not accepting the position. In 2016, he participated in the Parliament's Political Dialogue Committee. In October 2018, the GNA government decided to assign him the duties of the Minister of Interior. He then resigned from the Air Force to found a private commercial company In his position he attempted to create a professional police force for Libya and reorganize militia groups that the GNA has relied on. Originally from Misrata and being a former fighter pilot, he was elected in 2014 to the House of Representatives. But it is no longer recognized internationally and Bashagha has been boycotting it since the Second Libyan Civil War began. Bashagha graduated from the Misurata aviation college in 1984 and spent a decade working as a trainer pilot specializing in fighter jets. He left the Libyan Air Force in 1993. Bashagha has since 2013 been involved in the Libya Dawn Operations of 2013-14, and 2019–20 Western Libya campaign "Volcano of Anger" counter offensive operation against the LNAOperation Flood of Dignity. Bashagha is involved in the GNA and Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War.
Heritage
Bashagha is suspected of having Turkish origin and thus influenced by Turkish political intrigues.
