Bashir al-Rabiti

Hafez al-Assad and Bashir al-RabitiBashir Mohammad Massoud al-Rabiti is a Libyan politician.

He grew up in the Al-Zahara neighbourhood in Tripoli. He served as chairman of the Students Union, which organized university students in Tripoli and Benghazi as well as high school students across Libya. He replaced fellow Libyan politician M. Saghir in the position. The Confederal National Assembly met twice a year, holding its first session in March 1972 and its last in October 1975.

Al-Rabiti fled Libya after 1977. He served as the chairman of the Central Committee of the organization.

He later served as chairman of the Libyan National Organization.

Al-Rabiti was a key member of the Cooperation Bureau for Democratic and National Forces, an Egypt-based anti-Gaddafi coalition. In 2004, he reconciled with Muammar Gaddafi and returned to Libya.

As of 2016, al-Rabiti was the chairman of the Libyan National Party.