Dr. Guma El-Gamaty
Party Leader, Taghyeer Political PartyDr Guma El-Gamaty, who studied and lived in the UK since 1975, was a known political activist and a member of the exiled Libyan opposition to the Gaddafi regime. His education background in UK universities is varied and included Biochemistry to an MSc level, marketing and business administration (MBA) and later political science at a PhD level. He was the Libyan NTC (National Transitional Council) coordinator with the UK government throughout the months of the revolution in 2011 and after he returned to Libya by end of that year, he set up with others the Taghyeer political party (party for change) which he leads currently. He was also a member of the Libyan dialogue committee that produced the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) in Morocco in December 2015. Dr El- Gamaty also acted as the special envoy of the GNA (Government of National Accord) head Fayez Sarraj to the Maghreb countries from Jan 2019 to March 2021. Dr El-Gamaty is a well-known figure nationally in Libya and seen regularly on national and international media offering insight and analysis on Libya. As an academic, he has been a regular contributor of articles and papers in English covering political, economic and security issues including, democratisation, human development, human security, governance, conflict resolution and general geopolitical dynamics.