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NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing
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2.ABU SHAARIYAPosition: Deputy Head, External Security Organisation

Brother-in-law of Muammar Qadhafi.

Prominent member of the Qadhafi regime and as such closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

28.2.2011
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F33. ALSHARGAWI, Bashir Saleh Bashir

Date of birth: 1946

Place of birth: Traghen

Head of Cabinet of Muammar Qadhafi. Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.28.2.2011
4. TOHAMI, General Khaled

Date of birth: 1946

Place of birth: Genzur

Former director of Internal Security Office.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

28.2.2011
5. FARKASH, Mohammed Boucharaya

Date of birth: 1 July 1949

Place of birth: Al-Bayda

Former director of intelligence in External Security Office.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

28.2.2011
6. EL-KASSIM ZOUAI, Mohamed Abou

Former Secretary General of the General People's Congress.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
7. AL-MAHMOUDI, Baghdadi

Prime Minister of Colonel Qadhafi's Government.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
8. HIJAZI, Mohamad Mahmoud

Minister for Health and Environment in Colonel Qadhafi's Government.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
9. HOUEJ, Mohamad Ali

Date of birth: 1949

Place of birth: Al-Azizia (near Tripoli)

Minister for Industry, Economy and Trade in Colonel Qadhafi's Government.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
10. AL-GAOUD, AbdelmajidDate of birth: 1943

Minister for Agriculture, Animal and Maritime Resources in Colonel Qadhafi's Government.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
11. AL-CHARIF, Ibrahim Zarroug

Minister for Social Affairs in Colonel Qadhafi's Government.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
12. FAKHIRI, Abdelkebir Mohamad

Date of birth: 4 May 1963

Passport number: B/014965 (expired end 2013)

Minister for Education, Higher Education and Research in Colonel Qadhafi's Government.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
13. MANSOUR, Abdallah

Date of birth: 8.7.1954

Passport number: B/014924 (expired end 2013)

Former close collaborator of Colonel Qadhafi, former senior role in security services and director of radio and television.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

21.3.2011
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GHWELL, Khalifa

a.k.a. AL GHWEIL, Khalifa

AL-GHAWAIL, Khalifa

GHAWIL, Khalifa Mohamed

d.o.b. 1 January 1956 or 1 January 1951

Place of birth: Misurata, Libya

Nationality: Libya

Passport: A005465 (Libya), issued 12 April 2015 , expired 11 April 2017

and

J690P666 (Libya), issued 12 June 2016 , expires 11 June 2024

Gender: male

Address: Qasr Ahmed Street, Misurata, Libya

Khalifa Ghwell was the so-called ‘ Prime Minister and Defence Minister ’ of the internationally unrecognised General National Congress ( ‘ GNC ’ ) (also known as the ‘ National Salvation Government ’ ), and as such was responsible for their activities.

On 7 July 2015 Khalifa Ghwell showed his support for the Steadfastness Front (Alsomood), a new military force of 7 brigades to prevent a unity government from forming in Tripoli, by attending the signing ceremony to inaugurate the force with GNC ‘ President ’ Nuri Abu Sahmain.

As GNC ‘ Prime Minister ’ , Ghwell has played a central role in obstructing the establishment of the GNA established under the Libya Political Agreement.

On 15 January 2016 , in his capacity as the Tripoli GNC’s ‘ Prime Minister and Minister of Defence ’ , Ghwell ordered the arrest of any members of the new Security Team, appointed by the Prime Minister Designate of the Government of National Accord, who set foot in Tripoli.

On 31 August 2016 he ordered the ‘ Prime Minister ’ and the ‘ Defence Minister ’ of the ‘ National Salvation Government ’ to return to work after the HoR had rejected the GNA.

1.4.2016
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AL-WERFALLI, Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf

a.k.a. AL-WARFALLI, Mahmud

Date of birth: 1978

Place of birth: Werfalla Tribe, West of Libya or Elrseefa (Bani Walid)

Gender: male

Mahmoud al-Werfalli serves as a commander (lieutenant) of the Benghazi-based al-Saiqa Brigade. In this role, al-Werfalli is responsible for and has directly or indirectly engaged in serious human rights abuses including killings and executions.

Al-Werfalli has been linked to the killing of thirty-three persons between June 2016 and July 2017 in several incidents as well as a mass execution of ten persons on 24 January 2018 .

21.9.2020
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DIAB, Moussa

a.k.a. DIAB, Mousa

Gender: male

Moussa Diab is responsible for and has directly engaged in serious human rights abuses including human trafficking and the kidnapping, raping and killing of migrants and refugees.

He held migrants and refugees in captivity in an illegal detention camp near Bani Walid, where they were treated in an inhuman and degrading manner. Several migrants and refugees were killed when they tried to escape from the detention camp.

21.9.2020
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Yevgeniy Viktorovich PRIGOZHIN

(Евгений Викторович Пригожин)

Date of birth: 1 June 1961

Place of birth: Leningrad (St. Petersburg)

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian businessman with close links, including financially, to the private military company Wagner Group.

In this way, Prigozhin is engaged in and providing support for Wagner Group’s activities in Libya, which threaten the country’s peace, stability and security.

In particular, Wagner Group is involved in multiple and repeated breaches of the arms embargo in Libya established in UNSCR 1970 (2011) and transposed in article 1 of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, including delivery of arms as well as deployment of mercenaries into Libya in support of the Libya National Army. Wagner Group has participated in multiple military operations against the UN-endorsed Government of National Accord and has contributed to damaging the stability of Libya and undermining a peaceful process.

15.10.2020

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Deleted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/1299 of 31 July 2019 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F2

Deleted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1086 of 30 July 2018 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F3

Substituted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1086 of 30 July 2018 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F4

Deleted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2016/1694 of 20 September 2016 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F5

Deleted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1385 of 1 October 2020 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F6

Substituted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1755 of 30 September 2016 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F7

Substituted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1137 of 30 July 2020 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F8

Inserted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1310 of 21 September 2020 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

F9

Inserted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1483 of 14 October 2020 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.