Mohammed Emhamed Awad Najm (1943 – 13 December 2016; also transliterated as Muhammad Nejm) was a Libyan military officer and political figure.

[2] He was a leading figure in the 1969 Libyan coup d'état that overthrew King Idris and brought Gaddafi to power.

[4] In addition to being part of the RCC, he also served as chairman of the court in the trial of former Minister of Defense, Lieutenant Colonel Adam al‐Hawaz, and former Minister of Interior, Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Moussa, who was accused of plotting a coup to overthrow the RCC, in April 1970.

[9] After a series of disagreements with Gaddafi, Najm withdrew from politics in the late 1970s and lived as an ordinary citizen in his hometown of Benghazi.

[10] During the First Libyan Civil War in July 2011, it was reported that Najm had defected to the National Transitional Council.