General People's Congress Arabic:مؤتمر الشعب العام الليبي 'Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm | |
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| Seats | 2700 members |
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Last election | March 2009[1] |
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| People's Hall,Tripoli, Libya | |
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TheGeneral People's Congress (Arabic:مؤتمر الشعب العام الليبي,Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm), often abbreviated as theGPC, was the unicameral national legislature ofLibya, during the existence ofMuammar Gaddafi'sLibyan Arab Jamahiriya. It consisted of 2,700 representatives of theBasic People's Congresses (BPC).
The GPC was the legislative forum that interacted with theGeneral 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".[2] It was headed by theSecretary-General of the General People's Congress.
ThePeople's Hall inTripoli, where the Congress met, was set on fire in February 2011, during theFirst Libyan Civil War.[3][4]
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