What is Matoug Adam?
[[File:Matoug Adam.JPG|thumb|200px|Adam in 1968]] '''Matoug Adam''' ({{lang-ar|معتوق آدم الرقعي}}&lrm;; 1926 – 2 April 2019) was a [[Libya]]n politician, [[civil servant]], and poet. He served as his country's [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Tourism]] from January 1968 to June 1969. He then served as Interior Minister from June 1969 to 31 August 1969. He was the last Interior Minister of the [[Kingdom of Libya]], as the royal government was [[1969 Libyan coup d'état|overthrown]] by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] on 1 September 1969. After the [[coup d'état]], Adam was jailed for two years by the Gaddafi government. Adam died on 2 April 2019, at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.218tv.net/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9/|title=وفاة آخر وزير داخلية في حكومة “المملكة”|publisher=218TV|date=3 April 2019|access-date=30 April 2019|lang=ar|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427214111/https://www.218tv.net/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Matoug}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Civil servants]] [[Category:Libyan politicians]] [[Category:African poets]] {{Bio-stub}}