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Libya Government 1996

Names:

conventional long form:

Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

conventional short form:

Libya

local long form:

Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishirakiyah

local short form:

none

Digraph:

Type:

Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in fact, a military dictatorship

Capital:

Tripoli

Administrative divisions:

25 municipalities (baladiyah, singular - baladiyat); Ajdabiya, Al 'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq, Yafran, Zlitan

Independence:

24 December 1951 (from Italy)

National holiday:

Revolution Day, 1 September (1969)

Constitution:

11 December 1969, amended 2 March 1977

Legal system:

based on Italian civil law system and Islamic law; separate religious courts; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal and compulsory

Executive branch:

chief of state:

Revolutionary Leader Col. Mu'ammar Abu Minyar al-QADHAFI (since 1 September 1969)

head of government:

Chairman of the General People's Committee (Premier) Abd al Majid al-Qa'ud (since 29 January 1994)

cabinet:

General People's Committee; established by the General People's Congress

note:

national elections are indirect through a hierarchy of peoples' committees

Legislative branch:

unicameral

General People's Congress:

national elections are indirect through a hierarchy of peoples' committees

Judicial branch:

Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders:

none

Other political or pressure groups:

various Arab nationalist movements with almost negligible memberships may be functioning clandestinely, as well as some Islamic elements

Member of:

ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:

none

US diplomatic representation:

none

Flag:

plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)

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