The General People's Congress (, ''Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm''), often abbreviated as the GPC, was the national legislature of
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
, during the existence of
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until Killing of Muammar Gaddafi, his assassination by Libyan Anti-Gaddafi ...
's
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It consisted of 2,700 representatives of the
Basic People's Congresses (BPC). The GPC was the legislative forum that interacted with the
General People's Committee (GPCO), whose members were secretaries of Libyan ministries. It notionally served as the intermediary between the masses and the leadership and was composed of the secretariats of some 600 local "basic popular congresses."
The GPC secretariat and the cabinet secretaries were appointed by the GPC secretary general and confirmed by the annual GPC session. These cabinet secretaries were responsible for the routine operation of their ministries.
The body was established in 1977, upon the adoption of the "
Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People". It was headed by the
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress.
The
People's Hall in
Tripoli, where the Congress met, was set on fire in February 2011, during the
First Libyan Civil War
The Libyan civil war, also known as the First Libyan Civil War and Libyan Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were ...
.
[BBC News]
"Libya protests"
21 February 2011; accessed 02-23-2011
See also
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Basic People's Congress (administrative division)
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Direct democracy
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the Election#Electorate, electorate directly decides on policy initiatives, without legislator, elected representatives as proxies, as opposed to the representative democracy m ...
References
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Government of Libya
Political history of Libya
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
1977 establishments in Libya
2011 disestablishments in Libya
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