General National Congress (Libya)

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The General National Congress (Libya) was the interim legislative authority that governed Libya following the 2011 civil war and the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interim legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GNC ⓘ
General National Congress of Libya ⓘ
cameAfterEvent First Libyan Civil War ⓘ
capitalCity Tripoli ⓘ
conflictContext Libyan Crisis (2011–present) ⓘ
linked to: Libyan Civil War
constitutionalRole mandated to appoint an interim government ⓘ
mandated to organize election of a constituent assembly ⓘ
tasked with overseeing transition to democracy ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
dissolutionYear 2014 ⓘ
endDate 2014-06-25 ⓘ
establishedAsResultOf 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
fall of Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
firstElection Libyan General National Congress election, 2012 ⓘ
firstElectionDate 2012-07-07 ⓘ
headOfStateSelection elected President of the General National Congress ⓘ
historicalContext Arab Spring ⓘ
inceptionYear 2012 ⓘ
jurisdiction Libya ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis Constitutional Declaration of 3 August 2011 ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor State of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Libya
legislatureType unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Tripoli ⓘ
metIn Tripoli International Congress Center ⓘ
notableDecision appointment of Ali Zeidan as Prime Minister ⓘ
approval of interim governments after 2011 ⓘ
notablePresident Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf ⓘ
Nouri Abusahmain ⓘ
notablePrimeMinisterDuringTerm Abdullah al-Thani ⓘ
Ali Zeidan ⓘ
Ali Zeidan government ⓘ
numberOfMembers 200 ⓘ
politicalOrientation pluralist multi-party body ⓘ
precededBy National Transitional Council ⓘ
primaryFunction budget approval ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
oversight of executive branch ⓘ
replaced National Transitional Council ⓘ
replacedBy House of Representatives (Libya) ⓘ
role interim legislative authority ⓘ
provisional parliament ⓘ
startDate 2012-08-08 ⓘ
succeededBy House of Representatives (Libya) ⓘ
timePeriod post-Gaddafi transition ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
single non-transferable vote ⓘ

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2014 Libyan parliamentary election → relatedInstitution → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
Skhirat Agreement → signatory → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
House of Representatives (Libya) → replaces → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Representatives
House of Representatives (Libya) → precededBy → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Representatives
Prime Minister of Libya (General National Congress era) → appointedBy → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
Prime Minister of Libya (General National Congress era) → reportsTo → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
Prime Minister of Libya (General National Congress era) → legislature → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
Muhammad al-Magariaf → headOfGovernment → General National Congress of Libya ⓘ
linked to: General National Congress (Libya)
Council of Representatives (Libya) → replaces → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
Council of Representatives (Libya) → precededBy → General National Congress (Libya) ⓘ
General National Congress (Libya) → alsoKnownAs → General National Congress of Libya ⓘ
linked to: General National Congress (Libya)