Abuzed Omar Dorda

Abuzed Omar Dorda (Arabic: أبو زيد عمر دوردة; 4 April 1944 – 28 February 2022) was a Libyan politician who was the General Secretary of the People's Committee (Prime Minister) of Libya from 7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994, and Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1997 to 2003.

On 12 April 2009, it was reported that Dorda had been appointed to head the Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (national intelligence agency), replacing Moussa Koussa.

[1] On 31 March 2011, it was reported that he had been in Tunisia, awaiting a flight out of there, in an attempt to defect from Gaddafi's government,[2] and on the background of the Libyan civil war.

[4] During his detention, Dorda was severely injured (both legs broken) after falling from the window of the second floor of the prison.

[5] He was released in February 2019 for health reasons and immediately left for Tunisia en route to Egypt.