Huda Ben Amer

Huda Ben Amer (in Arabic هدى بن عامر) is a former Libyan politician. A follower of the Libyan ruler, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, she was the Secretary of the General People's Congress of Inspection People's Control and mayor of Benghazi until the Libyan Civil War.Ben Amer was born in Marj near Benghazi and attended the Garyounis University in Benghazi. Quotes We don't need talking; we need hangings. Biographies.net. Huda Ben Amer Retrieved 21 Mar 2025 Quotes about Huda Ben Amer In the years that followed Huda Ben Amer rose to become a senior official in Gadaffi's regime and one of his most trusted lieutenants. But now the Libyan people are seeking justice after Huda, one of their country's most feared and reviled women, was finally put behind bars. So she became a symbol of the regime's repression and also she rose very high in Gadaffi's government because he saw the trial and was impressed by the fervour of this then unknown woman. LEON WATSON Huda the Hangwoman, Gaddafi's 'devil in female form', to face justice 27 years after she broke a man's legs as he dangled from a noose Retrieved 14 September 2011 External Links Category:Living people Category:Women politicians in Libya