Mohamed Abdelaziz (Libyan politician)

Mohamed Abdelaziz is a Libyan politician who served as the foreign minister of and chairman of the Arab League council of ministers from January 2013 to August 2014.

Early life and education
Abdelaziz was born in Tripoli around 1950. He graduated from Cairo University obtaining a degree in political science in 1975.

Career
Abdelaziz was a member of the Libyan mission to the United Nations. Then he worked at the Crime Prevention Centre in Vienna. He served as deputy minister of international cooperation and foreign affairs in the transition government of Libya. On 7 January 2013, Abdelaziz was appointed minister of international cooperation and foreign affairs after these two ministries were remerged. The cabinet was headed by Ali Zidan.

Abdelaziz's term as foreign minister ended when the cabinet resigned on 29 August 2014. He was replaced by Mohammed al-Dairi in the post.

In October 2018 Abdelaziz was appointed ambassador of Libya to Egypt.

Views
In April 2014 he called for the restoration of the Senussi dynasty and that the constitutional monarchy established by the federalist constitution of 1951 was the "only solution" for "the return of security and stability to Libya".