General National Congress (2014)
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General National Congress المؤتمر الوطني العام Agraw Amuran Amatay ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⴰⵜⴰⵢ |
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| History | |
| Founded | 25 August 2014 14 October 2016 |
| Disbanded | 5 April 2016 |
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Chairman
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Vice Chairman
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Saleh Makhzoum
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Prime Minister
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| Al Nasr Convention Centre Tripoli, Libya |
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| Provisional Government overview | |
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| Formed | 2014 2016 |
| Dissolved | 2016 |
| Jurisdiction | Libya |
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| Website | www |
The General National Congress (Arabic: المؤتمر الوطني العام) was a body formed by politicians from the blocs that lost the June 2014 elections in Libya. The GNC had appointed an alternative government for Libya, styled the National Salvation Government, which was led by Khalifa al-Ghawi. The term Libya Dawn Coalition was used to refer to the armed groups and/or the wider political movement supporting the new GNC. The new GNC was one of the major sides in the ongoing Second Libyan Civil War from its formation August 2014 until its dissolution in April 2016.
The General National Congress claimed to be a legitimate continuation of the obsolete General National Congress elected in 2012, but does not represent a majority of the membership of that congress. The majority of the GNC members belonged to groups now participating in the internationally recognized Libyan parliament, the Council of Deputies.
The GNC was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood's Libyan party, the Justice and Construction Party, and the "Loyalty to Martyrs Bloc" which consists of other smaller groups allied to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Re-elected members from the losing Islamist bloc had chosen to sit in the self-proclaimed GNC, instead of the House of Representatives where they would be in a reduced minority.
After their landslide defeat in the 2014 elections dominated by low turnout, Islamist parties acting under the leadership of Nouri Abusahmain used two armed groups, the Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room and Libya Shield Force, to take control of the capital Tripoli. In late August, Islamist militias allegedly abducted rivals (whose whereabouts are unknown) and attacked 280 homes. The GNC has rejected affiliation with any of these activities and it is unknown who the exact perpetrators were with both sides blaming each other. The Islamist groups declared that they were the General National Congress and that it was once again the national parliament.
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