Guide of the Revolution

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Guide of the Revolution was the supreme political and ideological leadership position in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, embodying his role as the architect and overseer of the Jamahiriya state.

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instanceOf leadership position
political office
alsoKnownAs Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution
Leader of the Revolution
appliesToJurisdiction Libya NERFINISHED
architectOf Jamahiriya system NERFINISHED
system of people’s congresses and committees
associatedWithEvent Libyan Civil War (2011) NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED
basedOn 1969 Libyan coup d’état principles
claimedToRepresent power of the masses (Jamahiriya)
country Libya
deFactoHeadOfGovernment Libya NERFINISHED
deFactoHeadOfState Libya NERFINISHED
describedBySource Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi) NERFINISHED
dissolved 2011
endCause collapse of Gaddafi government in 2011
exercisedControlOver foreign policy of Libya
security apparatus of Libya
strategic economic decisions in Libya
exercisedThrough revolutionary legitimacy rather than electoral mandate
hasRole ideological leadership
revolutionary leadership
supreme political leadership
ideology Arab socialism
Islamic socialism
Third International Theory NERFINISHED
direct democracy
inception 1977
legalStatus not clearly defined in formal constitution
nativeLabel قائد الثورة
officeHolder Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED
officialTitleLanguage Arabic
oversaw General People’s Congress (Libya) NERFINISHED
Revolutionary Committees (Libya) NERFINISHED
partOf Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Arab nationalism
anti-imperialism
politicalSystemContext authoritarian system
one-party revolutionary regime
positionCreatedFor Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED
powerStructure above formal state institutions
residenceOfOfficeHolder Bab al-Azizia compound, Tripoli NERFINISHED
succeededBy no direct successor office
symbolized continuity of the 1969 Libyan Revolution

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Jamahiriya system leaderRole Guide of the Revolution
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader) title Guide of the Revolution
subject surface form: Muammar Gaddafi
this entity surface form: Guide of the First of September Great Revolution