Imbarek Shamekh

Imbarek Shamekh (Arabic: امبارك عبدالله الشامخ) (sometimes Mubarak Abdallah al-Shamikh or Embarek Shamekh) (born 15 May 1952) is a Libyan politician and bureaucrat.

He served as the Secretary-General of General People's Congress of Libya (head of state) from 2009 to 2010.

In March 2000, Muammar Gaddafi made sweeping changes to Libya's cabinet structure.

Shamekh was president of the Higher Planning Council of Libya from June 2003 until September 2004.

[1][3] In February 2011, during the Libyan Civil War, he defected to Egypt.