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
architectOf Jamahiriya system
system of people’s congresses and committees
associatedWithEvent Libyan Civil War (2011)
associatedWithPerson Muammar Gaddafi
basedOn 1969 Libyan coup d’état principles
claimedToRepresent power of the masses (Jamahiriya)
country Libya
deFactoHeadOfGovernment Libya
deFactoHeadOfState Libya
describedBySource Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi)
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
direct democracy
inception 1977
legalStatus not clearly defined in formal constitution
nativeLabel قائد الثورة
officeHolder Muammar Gaddafi
officialTitleLanguage Arabic
oversaw General People’s Congress (Libya)
Revolutionary Committees (Libya)
partOf Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
linked to: Libya
politicalAlignment Arab nationalism
anti-imperialism
politicalSystemContext authoritarian system
one-party revolutionary regime
positionCreatedFor Muammar Gaddafi
positionHeldBy Muammar Gaddafi
powerStructure above formal state institutions
residenceOfOfficeHolder Bab al-Azizia compound, Tripoli
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 title Guide of the First of September Great Revolution
linked to: Guide of the Revolution