Preceded by Mustafa Ben Halim Preceded by Wahbi al-Bouri Succeeded by Muhammad Osman Said Prime Minister Himself Died 1986 | Preceded by Ali Sahli Name Abdul Kubar Prime Minister Mustafa Ben Halim Prime Minister Mustafa Ben Halim | |
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Abdul Majid Kabar (عبد المجيد كعبار / ʿbd āl-Mağid Kaʿbār ) (9 May 1909 – 1986), also known as Abdulmegid Coobar, was the Prime minister of Libya from 26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960, and he is from a Circassian origin.
Kubar worked his way up in Tripolitanian politics until he was appointed a member of the National Constituent Assembly in 1950. In Libya first general election 1952, he entered parliament and served as the house speaker until he became prime minister in 1957. A financial scandal centered on the cost of a road being built in Fezzan to Sabha led to his downfall. Originally cost $5.3 million and scheduled to be completed in three years, the cost overruns led to later estimates of three times the cost. Fearing a vote of no confidence, he resigned in 1960.