Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm

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Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm was the Arabic name for Libya’s former General People’s Congress, the legislative body under Muammar Gaddafi’s Jamahiriya political system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
political institution
associatedDocument The Green Book (ideological basis)
linked to: The Green Book
claimedPrinciple rule of the people through people’s congresses
composition delegates from Basic People’s Congresses
country Libya
deFactoLeader Muammar Gaddafi
dissolutionCause collapse of Gaddafi regime
dissolutionContext Libyan Civil War (2011)
dominantOrganization Revolutionary Committees
EnglishName General People’s Congress
era Gaddafi era in Libya
linked to: Gaddafi era
function approve state budget
approve state policies
elect members of the General People’s Committee
enact laws
formally represent the people’s congresses at national level
governanceLevel national
governmentBranch legislative branch (nominal)
headquartersLocation Tripoli
ideology Arab socialism
direct democracy (claimed)
revolutionary Arab nationalism
internationalRecognition recognized as Libya’s parliament under Gaddafi
jurisdiction Libya
legalBasis Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People
linkedLeader Muammar Gaddafi
nativeName المؤتمر الشعبي العام
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
linked to: Jamahiriya
politicalModel system of people’s congresses and people’s committees
politicalOrientation single-party dominated
politicalSystem Jamahiriya
Third International Theory
relationshipToExecutive appointed and supervised General People’s Committee
replacedBy General National Congress (subsequent elected body)
National Transitional Council (as de facto authority)
role national legislature
supreme legislative authority
selfDescription expression of popular authority
status defunct
subordinateTo Muammar Gaddafi
timePeriod late 1970s–2011 (approximate)
transliteration Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm

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General People's Congress (Libya) officialName Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm
Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm transliteration Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm