House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)

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government-in-exile legislative body parliament

The House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) is the internationally recognized Libyan parliament that emerged after the 2014 elections and became a key rival authority in eastern Libya during the Second Libyan Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
House of Representatives (Libya) 2
House of Representatives government in Tobruk 1
House of Representatives in Tobruk 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government-in-exile ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Civil War (2011)
capitalOfAuthority Tobruk ⓘ
conflict Second Libyan Civil War ⓘ
controls eastern Libya (de facto) ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
countryGovernedDuringConflict Libya ⓘ
electoralSystem party-list and independent candidates ⓘ
elects speaker of the House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
emergedFrom 2014 Libyan parliamentary election ⓘ
governmentType unicameral legislature ⓘ
hasFunction approving national budget ⓘ
oversight of executive authority ⓘ
passing national legislation ⓘ
hasLegitimacyDisputeWith Government of National Accord ⓘ
Government of National Salvation (Tripoli-based) ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment anti-Islamist factions (relative majority) ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus internationally recognized legislature after 2014 elections ⓘ
rival to Tripoli-based institutions ⓘ
hasRole national legislature ⓘ
rival authority in Second Libyan Civil War ⓘ
hasSessionType plenary session ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAppointedBy House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) self-link ⓘ
jurisdiction Libya ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis Libyan Constitutional Declaration ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Libya ⓘ
locatedIn Tobruk ⓘ
eastern Libya ⓘ
meetsIn Tobruk ⓘ
numberOfSeats 200 ⓘ
opposedBy General National Congress government in Tripoli ⓘ
surface form: General National Congress (Tripoli-based)

Libya Dawn coalition ⓘ
partOf Libyan political system ⓘ
precededBy General National Congress ⓘ
surface form: General National Congress (Libya)
recognizedBy United Nations ⓘ
international community ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
replaces General National Congress ⓘ
surface form: General National Congress (Libya)
signed Libyan Political Agreement (Skhirat Agreement) ⓘ
signingDate 2015 ⓘ
startTime 2014 ⓘ
supportedBy Libyan National Army ⓘ
surface form: Libyan National Army (Haftar-aligned)
timePeriod post-2011 Libyan transition ⓘ
usedToMeetIn Bayda ⓘ
Tobruk ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Khalifa Haftar → allegiance → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
Libyan National Army → alliedWith → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
Fayez al-Sarraj → facedOppositionFrom → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives in Tobruk
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) → headOfGovernmentAppointedBy → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) self-link ⓘ
Second Libyan Civil War → mainBelligerent → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
Libyan National Army → recognizedBy → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
Petroleum Facilities Guard → relatedTo → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives (Libya)
Government of National Accord → rivalTo → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives government in Tobruk
Libyan Political Agreement (Skhirat Agreement) → signatory → House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
subject surface form: Libyan Political Agreement
this entity surface form: House of Representatives (Libya)