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- Government
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- Long-form name: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
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- Type: Jamahiriya (a state of the masses); in theory, governed
- by the populace through local councils; in fact, a military
- dictatorship.
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- Capital: Tripoli.
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- Administrative divisions: 46 municipalities (baladiyat,
- singular--baladiyah); Ajdabiya, Al Abyar, Al Aziziyah, Al
- Bayda, Al Jufrah, Al Jumayl, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, Al Marj,
- Al Qarabulli, Al Qubbah, Al Ujaylat, Ash Shati, Awbari,
- Az Zahra, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Bani Walid, Bin Jawwad,
- Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Ghat, Jadu, Jalu, Janzur, Masallatah,
- Misratah, Mizdah, Murzuq, Nalut, Qaminis, Qasr Bin Ghashir,
- Sabha, Sabratah, Shahhat, Surman, Surt, Tajura, Tarabulus,
- Tarhunah, Tubruq, Tukrah, Yafran, Zlitan, Zuwarah; note--the
- number of municipalities may have been reduced to 13 named
- Al Jabal al-Akhdar, Al Jabal al-Gharbi, Al Jabal al-Khums,
- Al Batnam, Al Kufrah, Al Marqab, Al Marzuq, Az Zawiyah,
- Banghazi, Khalij Surt, Sabha, Tripoli, Wadi al-Hayat.
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- Independence: 24 December 1951 (from Italy).
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- Constitution: 11 December 1969, amended 2 March 1977.
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- 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.
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- National holiday: Revolution Day, 1 September (1969).
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- Executive branch: revolutionary leader, chairman of the
- General People's Committee, General People's Committee (cabinet).
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- Legislative branch: unicameral General People's Congress.
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- Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State--Revolutionary Leader Col. Muammar Abu Minyar
- al-QADHAFI (since 1 September 1969);
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- Head of Government--Chairman of the General People's Committee
- (Premier) Umar Mustafa al-MUNTASIR (since 1 March 1987).
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- Political parties and leaders: none.
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- Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18.
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- Elections: national elections are indirect through a hierarchy
- of revolutionary committees.
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- Communists: no organized party, negligible membership.
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- Other political or pressure groups: various Arab nationalist
- movements and the Arab Socialist Resurrection (Ba'th) party
- with almost negligible memberships may be functioning
- clandestinely, as well as some Islamic elements.
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- Member of: AfDB, Arab League, CCC, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
- IDA, IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
- INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN,
- UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG.
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- Diplomatic representation: none.
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- Flag: plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam
- (the state religion).
-