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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Awad Al-Baraasi عوض البرعصي
|image =
|office = [[Cabinet of Libya|Second Deputy Prime Minister of Libya]] Acting
|term_start = 14 November 2012
|term_end =4 August 2013
|predecessor = [[Mustafa A.G. Abushagur]]
|successor =
|president = [[Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf]]
|primeminister = [[Ali Zeidan]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|28|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Benghazi]], [[Kingdom of Libya|Libya]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Justice and Construction Party]]
|nationality = [[Libya]]n
|profession = [[Electrical Engineer]]ing [[Politician]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Benghazi]] ([[B.A]]) [[University of Waterloo]] ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]]) [[University of British Columbia]] ([[PhD]])
}}

'''Awad Ibraik Ibrahim Al-Baraasi''' ({{lang-ar|عوض ابريك ابراهيم البرعصي}}; born 28 June 1966) is a professor in Electrical Engineering and Libyan politician.

==Biography==
Baraasi was born in the city of Benghazi on 28 June 1966. He was named electricity and renewable energy minister on 22 November 2011 by Abdurrahim El-Keib.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fananews.com/?p=432011 |title=Declaration of the new transitional government in Libya |work=FANA |language=Arabic }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He served as the vice president of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority before returning to Libya during the revolution.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=13905|title=The contenders for Prime Minister: Dr Ibrahim Awad Barasi|work=Libya Herald|date=7 September 2012}}</ref> He briefly acted as the deputy prime minister from 4 November 2012 to 4 August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mohamed|first=Esam|title=Libyan deputy PM resigns citing 'policy failure'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/04/libya-deputy-pm-resigns/2616109/|accessdate=4 August 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=4 August 2013|agency=Associated Press|location=Tripoli}}</ref>

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