Guide of the Revolution

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Guide of the Revolution was the supreme political and ideological leadership position in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, embodying his role as the architect and overseer of the Jamahiriya state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf leadership position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution ⓘ
Leader of the Revolution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Libya ⓘ
architectOf Jamahiriya system ⓘ
system of people’s congresses and committees ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Libyan Civil War (2011) ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
basedOn 1969 Libyan coup d’état principles ⓘ
claimedToRepresent power of the masses (Jamahiriya) ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
deFactoHeadOfGovernment Libya ⓘ
deFactoHeadOfState Libya ⓘ
describedBySource Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi) ⓘ
dissolved 2011 ⓘ
endCause collapse of Gaddafi government in 2011 ⓘ
exercisedControlOver foreign policy of Libya ⓘ
security apparatus of Libya ⓘ
strategic economic decisions in Libya ⓘ
exercisedThrough revolutionary legitimacy rather than electoral mandate ⓘ
hasRole ideological leadership ⓘ
revolutionary leadership ⓘ
supreme political leadership ⓘ
ideology Arab socialism ⓘ
Islamic socialism ⓘ
Third International Theory ⓘ
direct democracy ⓘ
inception 1977 ⓘ
legalStatus not clearly defined in formal constitution ⓘ
nativeLabel قائد الثورة ⓘ
officeHolder Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
officialTitleLanguage Arabic ⓘ
oversaw General People’s Congress (Libya) ⓘ
Revolutionary Committees (Libya) ⓘ
partOf Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ⓘ
linked to: Libya
politicalAlignment Arab nationalism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
politicalSystemContext authoritarian system ⓘ
one-party revolutionary regime ⓘ
positionCreatedFor Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
positionHeldBy Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
powerStructure above formal state institutions ⓘ
residenceOfOfficeHolder Bab al-Azizia compound, Tripoli ⓘ
succeededBy no direct successor office ⓘ
symbolized continuity of the 1969 Libyan Revolution ⓘ

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

Jamahiriya system → leaderRole → Guide of the Revolution ⓘ
Muammar Gaddafi → title → Guide of the First of September Great Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Guide of the Revolution