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General National Congress of Libya

General National Congress
المؤتمر الوطني العام
Agraw Amuran Amatay
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Type
Type
History
Founded 8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
Disbanded 4 August 2014 (2014-08-04)
Leadership
Nouri Abusahmain, Independent
Since 25 June 2013
Deputy presidents
Ezzidine Mohammed Al-Awami, Independent
Saleh Essaleh, Justice and Construction
Since 24 November 2013
Structure
Seats 200
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Political groups

     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)

     Independents (120)
Elections
Parallel voting; 80 seats through party-list proportional representation and 120 seats through multiple-member districts
Last election
7 July 2012
Meeting place
Al Nasr Convention Centre
Tripoli, Libya

     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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