Khalifa Haftar

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Dominant military figure in eastern Libya; central to US reunification framework

Libya has not had a single national budget since 2013, with two rival governments—one in Tripoli, one in the east—spending the country's oil wealth through separate, competing channels with no shared oversight. On April 11, 2026, representatives of both legislatures signed a US-mediated agreement on a unified 190 billion Libyan dinar (roughly $30 billion) budget covering four categories of state spending: salaries, development, subsidies, and operations.

Updated May 31