The General People's Congress, chaired by the Secretary-General, was the primary legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

 of Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

 as well as the top executive authority. They had delegated most executive authority to the General People's Committee

General People's Committee of Libya

The General People's Committee , often abbreviated as the GPCO, acted as secretaries for various Libyan ministries during the era of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya...

 and its Secretary or Prime Minister. Beside chairing the General People's Congress, its Secretary-General was also de jure head of state of Libya.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى (Al-Jamāhīriyya al-`Arabiyya al-Lībiyya aš-Ša'biyya al-Ištirākiyya al-`Uẓmā)
2 March 1977 to 2 March 1979		Colonel Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a... , Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
2 March 1979 to 7 January 1981		Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Abdul Ati al-Obeidi is a Libyan politician and diplomat. He has held various top posts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi; he was Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979 and Head of State from 1979 to 1981. Abdul Ati al-Obeidi was one of three main negotiators in Libya's decision to denounce and drop their... , Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
7 January 1981 to 15 February 1984		Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab was a former Head of State and General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya.-References:... , Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990		Mifta al-Usta Umar Mifta al-Usta Umar Mifta al-Usta Umar was the General Secretary of Libya's General People's Congress from 15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990. In this role, he was officially Libya's head of state, though Muammar Gaddafi continued to exercise ultimate authority in Libya as "Leader and Guide of the Revolution".He... , Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
7 October 1990 to 18 November 1992		Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa was a former Head of State of Libya from 7 October 1990 to 18 November 1992.-References:... , Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
18 November 1992 to 3 March 2008		Muhammad az-Zanati, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
3 March 2008 to 5 March 2009		Miftah Muhammed K'eba Miftah Muhammed K'eba Miftah Muhammed K'eba , also translated as Miftah Muhammad Kuayba, was the president of the Libyan Parliament. He was Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya from 3 March 2008 to 5 March 2009. He also was the Secretary of Justice during the 1980s.-References:... , Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
5 March 2009 to 26 January 2010		Imbarek Shamekh Imbarek Shamekh Imbarek Shamekh was the Secretary General of the General People's Congress of Libya from 2009 to 2010. He was Prime Minister from 2000 to 2003.-Life:Shamekh was born on 15 May 1952 in Benghazi, Libya... , Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
26 January 2010 to 23 August 2011		Mohamed Abu Al-Quasim al-Zwai, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p	Disputed from 5 March 2011

Affiliations

ASU	Arab Socialist Union Arab Socialist Union (Libya) The Arab Socialist Union was a political party in Libya.Many aspects of Muammar al-Gaddafi's Libyan revolution were based on that of Gamal Abdel Nasser. Like Nasser, Qaddafi seized power with a Free Officers Movement, which, in 1971 became the Arab Socialist Union...          Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death. A colonel in the Egyptian army, Nasser led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 along with Muhammad Naguib, the first president, which overthrew the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan, and heralded a new period of... ist, centrist, government party, only legal party 1971-1977
Mil	Military Military of Libya The Libyan Armed Forces constituted the state defence organisation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya before they were destroyed, and are being replaced by a new national army. A Major General, Suleiman Mahmoud al-Obeidi, was named interim chief of staff of the rebellion's armed forces in mid July...
n-p	non-partisan
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