The Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, has resigned due to “health issues,” and Masoud Sulaiman has been appointed as acting chief, the state oil company said on Thursday.
The Government of National Unity’s Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, accepted Bengdara’s resignation and appointed Sulaiman pending the formation of a new board of directors at the next cabinet meeting, NOC added in a statement.
Bengdara, who was appointed in July 2022 to replace Mustafa Sanallah, submitted his resignation to Dbeibah three times in one year as he wanted to have a back surgery that would require him to rest for months and could not be postponed, a source from Bengdara’s office told Reuters.
