National Transitional Council

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interim government political organization rebel governing body

The National Transitional Council was the political body that led the Libyan opposition and served as the de facto government during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
National Transitional Council forces 3
National Transitional Council (Libya) 2
Libyan National Transitional Council 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interim government ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
rebel governing body ⓘ
aim overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi regime ⓘ
transition to democratic governance in Libya ⓘ
alsoKnownAs National Transitional Council ⓘ
surface form: Libyan National Transitional Council

NTC ⓘ
National Transitional Council ⓘ
surface form: Transitional National Council
announcedFormationDate 2011-02-27 ⓘ
capitalDeFacto Benghazi ⓘ
chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil ⓘ
conflict 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
dissolutionDate 2012-08-08 ⓘ
establishedTransitionalDocument Constitutional Declaration of 3 August 2011 ⓘ
executiveHead Abdurrahim El-Keib ⓘ
Mahmoud Jibril ⓘ
executiveHeadTitle Chairman of the Executive Board ⓘ
flagUsed Flag of the Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969) ⓘ
formationDate 2011-02-27 ⓘ
formedIn Benghazi ⓘ
formedInCountry Libya ⓘ
headquartersDuringWar Benghazi ⓘ
ideology anti-Gaddafi opposition ⓘ
laterControlledCity Tripoli ⓘ
leaderTitle Chairman ⓘ
legalBasisClaim representation of Libyan people during uprising ⓘ
militaryArmCooperatedWith anti-Gaddafi rebel forces ⓘ
notableEvent capture of Tripoli in August 2011 ⓘ
declaration of Libya’s liberation on 2011-10-23 ⓘ
opposed Libya ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
primaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
recognizedAsLegitimateAuthorityBy Arab League ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
recognizedAsLibyaRepresentativeBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
replacedBy General National Congress ⓘ
role de facto government of Libya during the 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
political leadership of the Libyan opposition in 2011 ⓘ
spokesperson Abdul Hafiz Ghoga ⓘ
territorialClaim entire territory of Libya ⓘ
timeInPower 2011-2012 ⓘ
typeOfGovernment provisional council ⓘ
UNSeatTransferDate 2011-09-16 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Abdul Fatah Younis → affiliation → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Transitional Council (Libya)
National Transitional Council → alsoKnownAs → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libyan National Transitional Council
National Transitional Council → alsoKnownAs → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transitional National Council
2011 Libyan Civil War → belligerent → National Transitional Council ⓘ
Battle of Tripoli → belligerent → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Transitional Council forces
Mahmoud Jibril → employer → National Transitional Council ⓘ
Mustafa Abdul Jalil → governmentalBodyServed → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Transitional Council of Libya
Battle of Sirte (2011) → hasCombatant → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Transitional Council forces
Battle of Benghazi → hasParticipant → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Transitional Council forces
Mustafa Abdul Jalil → headOfGovernmentBody → National Transitional Council ⓘ
Battle of Sirte (2011) → involves → National Transitional Council ⓘ
Mahmoud Jibril → memberOf → National Transitional Council ⓘ
Ansar al-Sharia in Libya → opposed → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libyan transitional authorities
Muammar Gaddafi → opposedBy → National Transitional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Transitional Council (Libya)
Misrata militias → supported → National Transitional Council ⓘ
Benghazi → wasDeFactoCapitalOf → National Transitional Council ⓘ