Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya

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The Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya was the formal head of state under Muammar Gaddafi’s Jamahiriya system, presiding over the country’s top legislative body in name while real power remained with Gaddafi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state role
political office
abolishedWith collapse of the Gaddafi regime in 2011
appliesToJurisdiction Libya
associatedInstitution Basic People's Congresses
People's Committees system
associatedWithLeader Muammar Gaddafi
constitutionalStatus formal head of state of Libya
country Libya
deFactoPowerHeldBy Muammar Gaddafi
deJureRole head of state of Libya
domain Libyan national politics
governingDocument legal framework of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
hierarchicalLevel top office within the General People's Congress of Libya
jurisdiction Libya
surface form: territory of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
languageOfTitle Arabic
legislativeBody General People's Congress (Libya)
surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
nominalFunction formal representative of the Libyan state
presiding officer of the General People's Congress of Libya
officeHolderOf head of state of Libya
officeScope national
officeType civilian office
partOf General People's Congress (Libya)
surface form: General People's Congress of Libya

Jamahiriya system
surface form: Jamahiriya political system
politicalIdeologyContext Third International Theory
direct democracy model of the Jamahiriya
politicalRegimeType authoritarian regime
single-leader dominated system
politicalSystemContext Jamahiriya system
Libya
surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
powerRelationship subordinate to the Revolutionary Command Council structures
subordinate to the Revolutionary Leadership
presidesOver sessions of the General People's Congress of Libya
realPower limited
subordinate to Muammar Gaddafi
residenceCountry Libya
roleIn General People's Congress (Libya)
surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
selectionMethod elected by the General People's Congress of Libya
style Secretary-General
succeededBy post-2011 Libyan head of state arrangements
supervisingBody General People's Congress (Libya)
surface form: General People's Congress of Libya
symbolicRole ceremonial representation of the Libyan state
typeOfHeadOfState collectivist-system head of state
usedDuring Gaddafi era
period of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

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Muammar Gaddafi positionHeld Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya