House of Representatives

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The House of Representatives is the internationally recognized elected legislature of Libya that has rivaled the UN-backed Government of National Accord in the country’s post-2014 political crisis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of Representatives canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
conflictWith General National Congress (Tripoli-based) ⓘ
Government of National Accord ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
electoralSystem majoritarian voting ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ
elects its Deputy Speakers ⓘ
its Speaker ⓘ
follows 2014 Libyan parliamentary election ⓘ
governs national legislative agenda of Libya ⓘ
hasCommittee defense and national security committee ⓘ
finance committee ⓘ
foreign affairs committee ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Libya ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment eastern-based authorities in Libya ⓘ
hasSpeaker Aguila Saleh Issa ⓘ
hasTermLength 4 years ⓘ
hasVotingSystem single-member constituencies and multi-member districts ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSupported Tobruk-based government ⓘ
inception 2014 ⓘ
involvedIn Libyan Civil War (post-2014) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis Libyan Constitutional Declaration (amended) ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor State of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Libya
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tobruk ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Tobruk parliamentary building ⓘ
numberOfMembers 200 ⓘ
officialName Libyan House of Representatives ⓘ
Majlis an-Nuwwāb ⓘ
opposedBy Government of National Accord ⓘ
opposes UN-backed political agreements at various times ⓘ
originallySeatedIn Benghazi ⓘ
partOf Libyan Parliament ⓘ
post-Gaddafi political institutions of Libya ⓘ
precededBy General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
recognizedAs legitimate legislature of Libya ⓘ
recognizedBy UN Security Council (initially as legitimate legislature) ⓘ
internationalCommunity ⓘ
replaces General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
role approval of national budget ⓘ
enactment of national legislation ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
seatMovedDueTo security situation in Benghazi ⓘ
startTime 2014-08-04 ⓘ
status contested legislature in Libya’s political crisis ⓘ
usesScript Arabic script ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of National Accord → legislativePartner → House of Representatives ⓘ
Council of Representatives (Libya) → shortName → House of Representatives ⓘ