Taha El Sherif Ben Amer, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Libyan politician
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About Taha El Sherif Ben Amer
- Taha El Sherif Ben Amer(June 1936 - March 6, 1978) was a Libyan engineer and politician. He was born in the city of Benghazi, Libya in June 1936.
- He spent his childhood in Benghazi where he finished his primary school and high school.
- He was awarded a scholarship in order to pursue his education in Cairo, Egypt.
- In 1959 he obtained a bachelor's degree with honours in Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University. Soon after graduation, he went back to Benghazi to work as a Junior Engineer and establish an engineering office which involved in many engineering projects across the eastern region of Libya.
- After the revolution in Libya in 1969, Taha El Sherif was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Transportation until 1971.
- Then, he became the Minister of Transportation to 1975.
- Soon after this date, he was selected as the Secretary of State. On March 6, 1978 Taha El Sherif Ben Amer died in a helicopter crash of which he was going to visit a project near the city of Tripoli with the East German Politburo member Werner Lamberz who was the party's second most important ideological spokesman.
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