General People's Congress

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The General People's Congress was the national legislature and highest political authority in Libya during Muammar Gaddafi's Jamahiriya era, functioning as the central body of his system of direct popular rule.

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General People's Congress canonical 6
General People’s Congress 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
political institution
abolishedFollowingEvent Libyan Civil War
actualDecisionMakingMode centralized rule under Muammar Gaddafi
appliesToJurisdiction Libya
appoints General Secretary of the General People's Committee
members of the General People's Committee
basedOnDocument Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People
Green Book
linked to: The Green Book
claimedDecisionMakingMode direct popular rule
composedOf delegates from Basic People's Congresses
constitutionalStatus supreme instrument of the people's authority
country Libya
dateDissolved 2011
dateFormed 2 March 1977
deFactoLeader Muammar Gaddafi
dissolved 2011
dominantPoliticalOrganization Revolutionary Committees
established 1977
establishedBy Muammar Gaddafi
follows Basic People's Congresses
function approve development plans
approve general policies of the Libyan state
approve state budget
elect or confirm members of executive bodies
governingPeriodEnd 2011
governingPeriodStart 1977
hasLeaderTitle General Secretary
headOfGovernmentTitle General Secretary of the General People's Congress
ideology Third International Theory
direct democracy
languageOfWork Arabic
locatedIn Libya
Tripoli
meetsFrequency annually or in special sessions as required
meetsIn Tripoli
politicalLeader Muammar Gaddafi
politicalSystem Jamahiriya
politicalSystemType single-party dominant system
positionInGovernment highest political authority in Libya under the Jamahiriya system
precededBy House of Representatives of Libya
monarchical parliamentary institutions of the Kingdom of Libya
replacedBy General National Congress
National Transitional Council
role central body of system of direct popular rule
formal supreme state authority under Gaddafi
national legislature of Libya during the Jamahiriya era
supervises General People's Committee

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General People's Congress (Libya) officialName General People's Congress
People's Committees system linkedInstitution General People's Congress
People's Committees system supervisedBy General People's Congress
Jamahiriya (state of the masses) governanceMechanism General People’s Congress
linked to: General People's Congress
Jamahiriya governingBodies General People’s Congress
linked to: General People's Congress
Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People implementedThrough General People’s Congress
linked to: General People's Congress
General People's Committee subordinateTo General People's Congress
General People's Committee supervisedBy General People's Congress