Libya appoints new spy chief Updated: The Libyan Presidency Council The Libyan Presidency Council announced Thursday the appointment of Hussein Muhammad Khalifa Al-A’ib as the country’s new intelligence chief. The council said that Al-Aib effectively assumed his duties on May 5, the official date the decree was issued. Al-Aib succeeds Imad Trabulusi who was appointed last year by the chairman of the Presidency Council of the former Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj. The intelligence chief is one of the positions appointed by the head of the Presidency Council. The decision comes within the framework of a series of new appointments made by the head of the Presidency Council Mohammad Menfi, since he assumed duties on March 16.