The study aimed to identify the reality of strategic leadership in higher education institutions in Libya and their role in achieving sustainable development, and knowing the extent of concern and qualifying strategic leaderships to contribute in achieving sustainable development in higher education institutions in Libya. According to that the problem of this research was formed in this question: ' What is the role of the strategic leaderships in the higher educational institutions in achieving sustainable development?' And which we will answer through knowing the reality and the role those strategic leaderships, and the extent of concern in qualifying those leaderships to contribute in achieving sustainable development in their institutions. To achieve the goals of this study we used the descriptive analytical approach, and also used the questionnaire as a tool for collecting data which was distributed to 80 study samples including deans and agents in institutions of higher education in the University of Tripoli numbered 202 persons. The study reached several results, the most important of which are weak strategic direction and complex procedures, and a lack of interest in senior leadership and qualifying them in order to contribute to developing strategic plans to achieve sustainable development goals in the field of education and other fields. Based on these results this study suggests adopting policies and plans which contributes in achieving sustainable development in education through preparing and qualifying human resources like strategic leaderships whose their responsibility is achieving the goals of development in the area of education. Keywords: Strategic Leadership, Sustainable Development, Human Resources Development.