Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)

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The Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) was the supreme governing body established after the 1969 coup that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power, overseeing the country’s political and military direction during the early years of his rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state ⓘ
revolutionary council ⓘ
supreme governing body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Libyan Revolutionary Command Council ⓘ
RCC (Libya) ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Libya ⓘ
cameToPowerBy 1969 Libyan coup d'état ⓘ
capital Tripoli ⓘ
chairman Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
composition young military officers ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme authority of the Libyan Arab Republic ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
dissolved 2 March 1977 ⓘ
endTime 1977 ⓘ
2 March 1977 ⓘ
establishedBy Free Unionist Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
followed Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Libya
governed Libya ⓘ
governmentType military junta ⓘ
revolutionary government ⓘ
headOfGovernment Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
headOfState Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideology Arab nationalism ⓘ
Arab socialism ⓘ
Third International Theory (early roots) ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
pan-Arabism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
leader Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
legalForm de facto government ⓘ
member Abd al-Munim al-Huni ⓘ
Abdul Salam Jalloud ⓘ
Abdullah al-Hijazi ⓘ
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr ⓘ
Awad Ali Hamza ⓘ
Bashir Humeidi ⓘ
Ibrahim Bakr ⓘ
Khweldi Hameidi ⓘ
Moustafa Kharroubi ⓘ
Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
Omar Abdullah al-Meheshi ⓘ
Umar al-Muhayshi ⓘ
memberCount 12 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
politicalPosition authoritarian ⓘ
military regime ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
replaced monarchy of King Idris I ⓘ
replacedBy General People's Congress (Libya) ⓘ
Jamahiriya system ⓘ
role executive authority ⓘ
legislative authority ⓘ
supreme military authority ⓘ
supreme political authority ⓘ
significantEvent abolition of Libyan monarchy ⓘ
expulsion of US and British military bases from Libya ⓘ
introduction of revolutionary committees (predecessor structures) ⓘ
nationalization of foreign oil interests ⓘ
proclamation of the Libyan Arab Republic ⓘ
startTime 1 September 1969 ⓘ
1969 ⓘ

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Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution → governingBodyContext → Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) ⓘ
Leader of the Revolution → relatedConcept → Revolutionary Command Council of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
General People's Congress (Libya) → subordinateTo → Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) ⓘ
Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) → alsoKnownAs → RCC (Libya) ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) → alsoKnownAs → Libyan Revolutionary Command Council ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
1 September Revolution → headOfStateAfter → Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) ⓘ
Free Officers Movement (Libya) → afterCoupTransformedInto → Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) ⓘ
Free Officers Movement (Libya) → followedBy → Libyan Arab Republic leadership under Gaddafi ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1972) → usedBy → Libyan Arab Republic government ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya emblem → usedBy → Revolutionary Command Council of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Abd al-Munim al-Huni → memberOf → Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) ⓘ
Abdul Salam Jalloud → memberOf → Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) ⓘ
Moustafa Kharroubi → memberOf → Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) ⓘ
Moustafa Kharroubi → participatedIn → Libyan government following the 1969 coup ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Ibrahim Bakr → memberOf → Revolutionary Command Council of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Ibrahim Bakr → politicalAlignment → Revolutionary Command Council of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Awad Ali Hamza → memberOf → Revolutionary Command Council ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Awad Ali Hamza → politicalAlignment → revolutionary government of Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Omar Meheshi → areaOfActivity → Libyan revolutionary government ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi → memberOf → Libyan Arab Jamahiriya leadership ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr → memberOf → Libyan Revolutionary Command Council ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr → roleIn → Libyan revolutionary regime ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)