Ali Aujali

Ali Suleiman Aujali (, alternatively transliterated Ojli and Adjali; born 1944) is a Libyan diplomat who formerly served successively as Libya's ambassador to Malaysia, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. He served as ambassador under the Gaddafi regime, as well as the governments of the National Transitional Council, and the General National Congress. He declined the post of foreign minister under Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in the government of the General National Congress.

Early life and education Born in Benghazi in 1944, he received his BA in Business Administration from the Benghazi University. He previously held the position on behalf of the Gaddafi government from January 2009 until February 2011, when he resigned in the wake of the Libyan Civil War. He joined the opposition National Transitional Council soon after; on 9 August the U.S. State Department confirmed that it had handed the Libyan embassy in Washington, D.C. to the NTC, and Aujali was re-accredited by the United States as Libya's Ambassador on 15 August 2011.

In the October 2012 meeting of the General National Congress (GNC), Aujali was chosen to continue to be Ambassador to the United States. and subsequently was nominated for minister of foreign affairs by Ali Zidan at the end of October 2012. Although cabinet minister are sworn in on 14 November 2013, he could not since his investigation by the commission regarding his ties to former ruler of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, was not completed until that day. The commission cleared him on 27 November. He continued in 2013 to be Libya's ambassador to the U.S., being succeeded by Ms. Wafa Bughaighis in November 2017.

In 2018, Aujali joined the board of the National Council on US Libya Relations (NCULSR).

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