General People's Congress (Libya)

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The General People's Congress (Libya) was the national legislative body of Muammar Gaddafi’s Jamahiriya system, functioning as the formal parliament-like assembly under his rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
political institution
appliesToJurisdiction Libya
associatedWith Libyan Arab Jamahiriya emblem
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya flag
basedOn Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi)
claimedGovernmentForm Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
surface form: state of the masses (Jamahiriya)
composedOf delegates from Basic People's Congresses
constitutionalStatus supreme organ of state power in Jamahiriya theory
country Libya
countryGovernedDuringExistence Jamahiriya
surface form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
deFactoControlBy Muammar Gaddafi
dissolvedFollowing 2011 Libyan Civil War
establishedBy Muammar Gaddafi
function adopt national budgets
approve state policies
elect or confirm members of executive bodies
enact laws
governmentTypeContext single-party authoritarian system (de facto)
governs Basic People's Congresses
surface form: Basic People's Congresses system
hasJurisdictionOver entire territory of Libya (during Jamahiriya)
hasPart Basic People's Congresses
headquartersLocation Tripoli
historicalEra Cold War
surface form: Cold War period

post–Cold War period
ideology Arab socialism
Third International Theory
direct democracy (claimed)
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
legislativeBranchOf Libyan government
surface form: Government of Libya (Jamahiriya era)
legislativeProcess resolutions from Basic People's Congresses aggregated and formalized
locatedIn Libya
meetsIn Tripoli
officialName Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm
General People's Congress
oversightOf General People's Committee (Libya)
partOf Jamahiriya
surface form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
politicalAlignment Libyan government
surface form: Gaddafi government
politicalSystem Jamahiriya
practicalStatus rubber-stamp legislature under Gaddafi
replaced previous monarchical parliamentary institutions in Libya
replacedBy interim legislative structures after 2011 Libyan Civil War
role formal parliament-like assembly
national legislative body
supreme legislative authority
subordinateTo Muammar Gaddafi
Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
timePeriod Gaddafi era in Libya
typeOfParliament unicameral legislature

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Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution governingBodyContext General People's Congress (Libya)
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya partOf General People's Congress (Libya)
this entity surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya roleIn General People's Congress (Libya)
this entity surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya legislativeBody General People's Congress (Libya)
this entity surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya supervisingBody General People's Congress (Libya)
this entity surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
Kingdom of Libya era legislature General People's Congress (Libya)
this entity surface form: Parliament of Libya
Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) replacedBy General People's Congress (Libya)
Basic People's Congresses subordinateTo General People's Congress (Libya)
Basic People's Congresses distinctFrom General People's Congress (Libya)
Libyan Army subordinateTo General People's Congress (Libya)
this entity surface form: General People’s Congress (Libya)
Secretary-General partOf General People's Congress (Libya)
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya
this entity surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
Secretary-General appointedBy General People's Congress (Libya)
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya
this entity surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
Secretary-General abolishedWith General People's Congress (Libya)
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya
this entity surface form: General People's Congress of Libya