General National Congress
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General National Congress المؤتمر الوطني العام Agraw Amuran Amatay ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⴰⵜⴰⵢ |
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| History | |
| Founded | 8 August 2012 |
| Disbanded | 4 August 2014 |
| Leadership | |
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Deputy presidents
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Ezzidine Mohammed Al-Awami, Independent
Saleh Essaleh, Justice and Construction Since 24 November 2013 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 200 |
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Political groups
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National Forces Alliance (39) |
| Elections | |
| Parallel voting; 80 seats through party-list proportional representation and 120 seats through multiple-member districts | |
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Last election
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7 July 2012 |
| Meeting place | |
| Al Nasr Convention Centre Tripoli, Libya |
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National Forces Alliance (39)
Justice and Construction (17)
National Front (3)
Union for the Homeland (2)
National Centrist (2)
Wadi Al-Hayah (2)
Other parties/blocs (15)
The General National Congress (Arabic: المؤتمر الوطني العام, Berber: Agraw Amuran Amatay) was the legislative authority of Libya for two years following the end of the Libyan Civil War. It was elected by popular vote on 7 July 2012, and took power from the National Transitional Council on 8 August.
Tasked primarily with transitioning Libya to a permanent democratic constitution, it was given an 18-month deadline to fulfil this goal. When the deadline passed with work on the new constitution only just getting underway, Congress was forced to organise elections to a new House of Representatives, which took power and replaced it on 4 August 2014.
An un-reelected minority of former GNC members, supported by the LROR and Central Shield armed groups, met on 25 August 2014 and declared a new self-proclaimed General National Congress. They elected Omar al-Hasi as their claimant "prime minister" This new claimant GNC is not recognized as the GNC by Libya's elected parliament or by foreign governments.
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