The cabinet was selected by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on 30 October 2012 and was approved by the General National Congress on 31 October 2012 together with approving Zidan as Libya's first post-war Prime Minister. The cabinet is composed of the following ministers:Congress votes to approve Zeidan Government; six members referred to Integrity Commission Two women were selected to cabinet, and select ministries (Defence, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Interior and Justice) went to political independents who were not associated with any party.
The Zeidan government was officially inaugurated on 14 November 2012.
The Ministers in charge of electricity [Ali Mohammed Mihirig], higher education [Abdulasalm Bashir Duabi] and relations with congress [Muaz Fathi Al-Kujah] have also been rejected by the integrity commission. The nominee for the minister of higher education (Abdulasalm Bashir Duabi) was ruled unfit to hold public office. Ashour Shuail was cleared by an appeals court and took office on 11 December 2012. Ali Mohammed Mihirig was also cleared by an appeals court.
Four other nominees fates were not decided on by the integrity commission as of 14 November 2012. They were Ali Al-Aujali (Foreign Affairs), Kamla Khamis Al-Mazini (Social Affairs), Ahmed Ayad Ali Al-Urfi (Agriculture) and Abdulsalam Mohammed Abusaad (Religious Affairs and Awqaf). Sami Al-Saadi, who was nominated for the Minister of the Martyrs, resigned on 7 November 2012
Nominees for Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Al-Aujali, Social Affairs Minister Kamla Khamis Al-Mazini and Agriculture Minister Ahmed Ayad Ali Al-Urfi were cleared by the integrity commission. Nominee for Religious Affairs Minister Abdusalam Mohammed Abusaad was still being investigated. Ali Al-Aujali resigned from the cabinet on 31 December 2012.
IncumbentOfficeWebsiteSinceAli ZeidanPrime Minister of Libyawww.pm.gov.ly14 November 2012Sadiq Abdulkarim AbdulrahmanFirst Deputy Prime MinisterAwad al-BaraasiSecond Deputy Prime MinisterAbdussalam Al QadiThird Deputy Prime MinisterAbdulsalam Mohammed AbusaadMinister of Religious Affairsawqaf.gov.lyMohamed Imhamid AbdulazizMinister for International CooperationIkram Abdulsalam ImamMinister of Tourismwww.tourism.gov.lyAbubaker Al-Hadi MohammedMinister of Local Governmentwww.lgm.gov.ly Salah Bashir MarghaniMinister of Justicewww.aladel.gov.ly 14 November 2012Usama SialaMinister of Communications and Information Technologywww.cim.gov.lyMohamed Fitouri SualimMinister of Labor and Retrainingwww.labour.gov.lyAlhadi Suleiman HinshirMinister of Water ResourcesMuaz Fathi Al-KujahMinister of State GNC affairsRamadan Ali Mansour ZarmuhMinister of State the InjuredNurideen Abdulhamid DagmanMinister of Healthwww.health.gov.lyAshour Suleiman Shuwail (December 2012–May 2013)Mohammed Khalifa Al Sheikh(26 May 2013 – new government)Minister of Interiorwww.moi.gov.ly Mustafa Mohammed Abufunas, vacated January 2014Minister of Economywww.ect.gov.ly Mohammed Hassan AbubakerMinister of Educationwww.edu.gov.ly Mohamed AbdelazizMinister of Foreign Affairswww.foreign.gov.lyMohammed Mahmoud Al Barghathi (12 November 2012–27 June 2013) Abdullah al-Thanay (5 August 2013 - 8 April 2014)Minister of Defensewww.defense.gov.ly Haithem Saed JalghamMinister of Planningwww.planning.gov.lyKamila Khamis Al-MaziniMinister of Social Affairswww.socialaffairs.gov.ly Abdulbari Al Arusi vacated January 2014Minister of OilHaithem Saed JalghamMinister of Financewww.mof.gov.lyAhmed Ali Al-UrfiMinister of Agriculturewww.agriculture.gov.lySuleiman Ali Al-Taif Al-FituriMinister of Industrywww.industry.gov.ly Abdulasalm Bashir DuabiMinister of Scientific Research and Higher Educationwww.highereducation.gov.ly Habib Mohammed Al-AminMinister of Culturewww.culture.lyAli Mohammed Mihirig, vacated January 2014Minister of Electricitywww.merel.gov.ly Ali Gadour Minister of the MartyrsAli Hussein Al-Sharif, vacated January 2014Minister of Housingwww.mhu.gov.lyMohamed Al-AyibMinister of Transportationwww.ctt.gov.ly Mohammed bin SaudMinister of mediawww.media.gov.ly Abdulsalam Abdullah Guaila, vacated January 2014Minister of Sports and Youthwww.youthandsports.gov.ly
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