Abdul Hafiz Ghoga
Abdul Hafiz Ghoga | |
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عبد الحفيظ غوقة | |
| Vice Chairman of the National Transitional Council of Libya | |
| In office 23 March 2011 – 22 January 2012 | |
| President | Mustafa Abdul Jalil |
| Prime Minister | Mahmoud Jibril Ali Tarhouni (Acting) Abdurrahim El-Keib |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Honi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1957 Al-Azizya, Libya |
| Political party | Anti-Gaddafi forces |
Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (also known as Abdelhafed Abdelkader Ghoga, also spelled Ghogha; Arabic: عبد الحفيظ غوقة; born 11 June 1957) is a Libyan human rights lawyer who rose to prominence as the spokesman for the National Transitional Council, a body formed in Benghazi during the 2011 Libyan civil war. On 23 March 2011, he became the vice chairman of the council, serving in that post until he resigned on 22 January 2012 after protests against him.