General People's Congress

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The General People's Congress was the national legislature and highest political authority in Libya during Muammar Gaddafi's Jamahiriya era, functioning as the central body of his system of direct popular rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
General People's Congress canonical 6
General People’s Congress 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
abolishedFollowingEvent Libyan Civil War ⓘ
actualDecisionMakingMode centralized rule under Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Libya ⓘ
appoints General Secretary of the General People's Committee ⓘ
members of the General People's Committee ⓘ
basedOnDocument Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People ⓘ
Green Book ⓘ
linked to: The Green Book
claimedDecisionMakingMode direct popular rule ⓘ
composedOf delegates from Basic People's Congresses ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme instrument of the people's authority ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
dateDissolved 2011 ⓘ
dateFormed 2 March 1977 ⓘ
deFactoLeader Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
dissolved 2011 ⓘ
dominantPoliticalOrganization Revolutionary Committees ⓘ
established 1977 ⓘ
establishedBy Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
follows Basic People's Congresses ⓘ
function approve development plans ⓘ
approve general policies of the Libyan state ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
elect or confirm members of executive bodies ⓘ
governingPeriodEnd 2011 ⓘ
governingPeriodStart 1977 ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle General Secretary ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle General Secretary of the General People's Congress ⓘ
ideology Third International Theory ⓘ
direct democracy ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Libya ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ
meetsFrequency annually or in special sessions as required ⓘ
meetsIn Tripoli ⓘ
politicalLeader Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
politicalSystem Jamahiriya ⓘ
politicalSystemType single-party dominant system ⓘ
positionInGovernment highest political authority in Libya under the Jamahiriya system ⓘ
precededBy House of Representatives of Libya ⓘ
monarchical parliamentary institutions of the Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
replacedBy General National Congress ⓘ
National Transitional Council ⓘ
role central body of system of direct popular rule ⓘ
formal supreme state authority under Gaddafi ⓘ
national legislature of Libya during the Jamahiriya era ⓘ
supervises General People's Committee ⓘ

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

General People's Congress (Libya) → officialName → General People's Congress ⓘ
People's Committees system → linkedInstitution → General People's Congress ⓘ
People's Committees system → supervisedBy → General People's Congress ⓘ
Jamahiriya (state of the masses) → governanceMechanism → General People’s Congress ⓘ
linked to: General People's Congress
Jamahiriya → governingBodies → General People’s Congress ⓘ
linked to: General People's Congress
Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People → implementedThrough → General People’s Congress ⓘ
linked to: General People's Congress
General People's Committee → subordinateTo → General People's Congress ⓘ
General People's Committee → supervisedBy → General People's Congress ⓘ