House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)

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The House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) is the internationally recognized Libyan parliament that emerged after the 2014 elections and became a key rival authority in eastern Libya during the Second Libyan Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government-in-exile
legislative body
parliament
cameToPowerAfter Libyan Civil War (2011)
capitalOfAuthority Tobruk
conflict Second Libyan Civil War
controls eastern Libya (de facto)
country Libya
countryGovernedDuringConflict Libya
electoralSystem party-list and independent candidates
elects speaker of the House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
emergedFrom 2014 Libyan parliamentary election
governmentType unicameral legislature
hasFunction approving national budget
oversight of executive authority
passing national legislation
hasLegitimacyDisputeWith Government of National Accord
Government of National Salvation (Tripoli-based)
hasPoliticalAlignment anti-Islamist factions (relative majority)
hasPoliticalStatus internationally recognized legislature after 2014 elections
rival to Tripoli-based institutions
hasRole national legislature
rival authority in Second Libyan Civil War
hasSessionType plenary session
headOfGovernmentAppointedBy House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
jurisdiction Libya
languageUsed Arabic
legalBasis Libyan Constitutional Declaration
legislativeBranchOf Libya
locatedIn Tobruk
eastern Libya
meetsIn Tobruk
numberOfSeats 200
opposedBy General National Congress (Tripoli-based)
Libya Dawn coalition
partOf Libyan political system
precededBy General National Congress (Libya)
recognizedBy United Nations
international community
region North Africa
replaces General National Congress (Libya)
signed Libyan Political Agreement (Skhirat Agreement)
signingDate 2015
startTime 2014
supportedBy Libyan National Army (Haftar-aligned)
timePeriod post-2011 Libyan transition
usedToMeetIn Bayda
Tobruk

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Second Libyan Civil War mainBelligerent House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Government of National Accord rivalTo House of Representatives government in Tobruk
linked to: House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) headOfGovernmentAppointedBy House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Libyan National Army alliedWith House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Libyan National Army recognizedBy House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Petroleum Facilities Guard relatedTo House of Representatives (Libya)
linked to: House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Libyan Political Agreement signatory House of Representatives (Libya)
linked to: House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Khalifa Haftar allegiance House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Fayez al-Sarraj facedOppositionFrom House of Representatives in Tobruk
linked to: House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
General National Congress government in Tripoli opposedBy House of Representatives government in Tobruk
linked to: House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Government of National Salvation (Tripoli-based) opposed House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Government of National Salvation (Tripoli-based) opposedBy House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Operation Dignity supportedBy House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Saddam Haftar politicalAlignment House of Representatives (Tobruk-aligned authorities)
linked to: House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Eastern Libya hasDeFactoAuthority House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
subject linked to: eastern Libya
House of Representatives (Libya) headOfGovernmentSupported Tobruk-based government
subject linked to: House of Representatives
linked to: House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)