Mohamed Taher Syala

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Taher Hamolda Siala was born in Tripoli on 27/05/1943. Graduated from the faculty of Economics and Commerce at Libyan University in Benghazi (Bachelor in Accounting and Business Administration). Worked for Central Bank of Libya. Served as an accounting auditor in Tripoli Education Administration.

From 1970 to 1974 Mr.Mohamed Taher Hamolda Siala worked as General Director for Financial Affairs at Ministry of Education. In 1974 he was appointed as Plenipotentiary at the Foreign Ministry, where he was General Director for Financial and Administrative Affairs. Mr. Mohamed Taher Hamolda Siala founded the International Cooperation Administration at the Libyan Foreign Ministry, where he served as a General Director till 1981. In 1981 he was appointed as Chair of Board of Directors and General Director at the Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company (LAFICO). In 1988 he went back to work for the Foreign Ministry, wherein he was appointed as General Director for Economic and International Cooperation Affairs. In 1989 he founded Export Promotion Fund, where he was the Chair of Board of Directors and General Director. In 1996 he was appointed as General Director at Export-Import Body. He was also appointed as a part-time Chair of Board of Directors at the General Tourism Board. In 2000 he was appointed as General Director of Tripoli World Trade Center.

Former General Peoples’ Congress (the parliament) issued a resolution nominating him as Deputy Secretary for Technical Cooperation at the General Peoples’ Committee for African Unity (State Minister), then Deputy Secretary for International Cooperation.

In 2016 Mr. Mohamed Taher Hamolda Siala was nominated as Foreign Minister at the Government of National Accord.