Fathi Mohammed Baaja (Arabic: فتحي محمد البعجة), also called Fatih Baaja, is a Libyan academic and was a member of the National Transitional Council in charge of political affairs and representing Benghazi.
[1] He wrote the manifesto adopted by leaders to outline the basic goals of the 2011 Libyan civil war: democracy and national unity.
[4] Baja represents the city of Benghazi on the National Transitional Council of Libya.
[5] He has stated that council members have studied the De-Ba'athification of Iraq and the aftermath of dissolution of the Soviet Eastern Bloc and wish to avoid similar disorder and purging of policemen and officials in Tripoli and other cities.
[6] He has also worked to assure foreign leaders that rivalries will not erupt within the council and that the transition will be democratic.