Government of National Unity حكومة الوحدة الوطنية
Overview
Established	15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)
Country	Libya
Leader	Prime Minister of Libya
Appointed by	Presidential Council (since 2022) House of Representatives (2021–2022)
Main organ	Cabinet of Libya
Headquarters	Tripoli

Politics of Libya
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution 2017 draft constitution 2011 Constitutional Declaration (Basic Law) 1977 People's Authority 1969 Constitution 1951 Constitution
Executive Presidential Council (inTripoli) Chairman:Mohamed al-Menfi Government of National Unity (in Tripoli) Prime Minister:Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Government of National Stability (inTobruk) Prime Minister:Osama Hammad (acting)
Legislature High Council of State Chairman: Mohammed Takala House of Representatives Chairman:Aguila Saleh Issa
Judiciary Supreme Judicial Council of Libya Supreme Court Courts of Appeal Courts of First Instance
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Elections Recent elections Presidential:next Parliamentary:2014 next Constitutional:2014 Municipal:2014 2019–21 Political parties
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TheGovernment of National Unity (Arabic:حكومة الوحدة الوطنية,Hukūmat al-Wahda al-Watanīya) is the internationally recognised government ofLibya formed on 10 March 2021 to unify the rivalGovernment of National Accord based inTripoli and theSecond Al-Thani Cabinet, based inTobruk.Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh is thePrime Minister of the unity government and was selected in theLibyan Political Dialogue Forum on 5 February 2021.^[1]

Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was selected as prime minister by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), together withMohamed al-Menfi as Chairman of thePresidential Council, and withMusa al-Koni andAbdullah al-Lafi as Presidential Council members.^[1] Dbeibeh was required under the agreements made by the LPDF to nominate acabinet of ministers to theHouse of Representatives (HoR) by 26 February 2021.^[2]

On 15 February, Dbeibeh stated his intention to contact people in all 13 electoral areas of Libya for discussing proposed nominations as ministers, and for the cabinet to represent a cross-section of Libyans. The LPDF rules state that if Dbeibeh fails to present his proposed cabinet to the HoR by 26 February, or the HoR does not approve the proposed cabinet, then decision-making returns to the LPDF.^[2][3] Dbeibeh said the following day that he would consult with theHigh Council of State, the HoR and the5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission.^[4]

On 15 February, about 20 HoR members were present at an HoR session held in Tobruk, chaired byAguila Saleh Issa in the "eastern" component of the HoR; 70 HoR members were present atSabratha, the HoR session of the "western" component. The Tobruk bloc called for GNU offices to be located inSirte and for the HoR to hold a special session for approving the proposed GNU cabinet. According to theLibya Herald, the two branches of the HoR remained in competition with one another.^[5]

On 10 March 2021, the House of Representatives met in the central city of Sirte and approved with a 121–11 vote the formation of the Government of National Unity led by Mohamed al-Menfi as chairman of the Presidential Council and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh as prime minister.^[6]

TheHouse of Representatives, which rules eastern Libya, passed ano-confidence motion against the unity government on 21 September 2021.^[7] On 3 March 2022 a rivalGovernment of National Stability (GNS) was installed inSirte, under the leadership of Prime MinisterFathi Bashagha.^[8] The decision was denounced as illegitimate by theHigh Council of State and condemned by theUnited Nations.^[9][10]

Both governments have been functioning simultaneously, which has led todual power in Libya. TheLibyan Political Dialogue Forum keeps corresponding with ceasefire agreement.^[11] Since May 2022, there have beenclashes between supporters of the two governments in Libya,^[12] which escalated on 27 August 2022.^[13]

On 13 August 2024 theHouse of Representatives voted to end the term of the Tripoli-based government of Prime MinisterAbdul Hamid Dbeibeh, in an attempt to dissolve the Government of National Unity and proclaim arival Government of National Stability as the only legitimate government of Libya.^[14][15][16] However as of May 2025 theUnited Nations continues to recognise the Government of National Unity as the legitimate government of Libya.^[17] It is also supported by the governments ofTurkey,Qatar,Algeria, andPakistan.^[18]

Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was selected asPrime Minister of Libya in theLibyan Political Dialogue Forum on 5 February 2021^[1] and a list of cabinet appointees was released on 11 March 2021.^[19] The Dbeibeh Cabinet replaced the rivalal-Sarraj andal-Thani cabinets.

In March 2022, Minister of Civil Service,Abdul Fattah Saleh Muhammad Al-Khawja, and the Minister of State for Immigration Affairs,Ijdid Maatouk Jadeed, resigned after theHouse of Representatives granted confidence to and sworn-in the rivalGovernment of National Stability led byFathi Bashagha.^[20]

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