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Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi

Libyan diplomat and politician (1939–2024)

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Source revisionMay 27, 2026
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Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (Arabic: جاد الله عزوز الطلحي, romanized: Jād Allāh ʿAzzūz al-Ṭalḥī; 1939 – 15 June 2024) was a Libyan diplomat and politician who served as Secretary-General of the General People's Committee of Libya for two terms.

Education

Born in 1939, Talhi obtained a geology degree from Louvain University.

Career

Talhi was a Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources from July 1972 until March 1977.

Secretary-General

Talhi was Secretary-General of the People's Committee in Libya for two terms, first from 2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984, then from September 1986 to 1 March 1987. In March 1987 Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir succeeded him.

Foreign minister

Talhi served as foreign minister of Libya in the late 1980s, replacing Kamel Maghur as foreign minister.

In September 1987, he visited Baghdad to reestablish foreign relations and participated in the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union. His tenure lasted until 1990.

Paris Conference

Talhi met with U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz at the Paris Conference in January 1989 at UNESCO's headquarters. He denied the accusation by the United States that Libya was creating chemical weapons in Rabta, and accused it of knowing the location of chemical weapons in the Middle East.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi” as libyan diplomat and politician (1939–2024). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1939, 2024, 1972, 1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1939. The account is most persuasive where Jadallah, Azzuz and at-Talhi can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as libyan diplomat and politician (1939–2024). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q711897. VIAF identifies the subject as 73803050. The Library of Congress control number is nr2004005042. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1939, 2024, 1972 and 1977.

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