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Parties: IIA: Libyan Arab Socialist Union (single party 1971-1976) - HWW: National Centrist Party - HJW: National Front Party - HWTR: National Party for Development and Welfare - LM: Libya of the Future
Political milestones: Independence as United Libyan Kingdom (24 Dec 1951) - Libyan Kingdom (25 Apr 1963) - Libyan Arab Republic (1 Sep 1969) - Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2 Mar 1977) - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Apr 1986) - Libya ("Libyan Republic") (23 Aug 2011) - State of Libya (8 Jan 2013)
King Muhammad Idris I al-Sanusi 24 Dec 1951 - 1 Sep 1969 (1983) Chairman of the (military) Revolutionary Command Council Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi 1 Sep 1969 - 1 Mar 1977 (2011) military, IIA General Secretaries of the General People's Congress Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi 1 Mar 1977 - 1 Mar 1979 (2011) military Abdul Ati al-Ubaydi 1 Mar 1979 - 7 Jan 1981 (2023) n/p Muhammad az-Zarruq Rajab 7 Jan 1981 - 15 Feb 1984 n/p Miftah al-Usta Umar 15 Feb 1984 - 7 Oct 1990 n/p Abdul Razzaq al-Sawsa 7 Oct 1990 - 18 Nov 1992 n/p Zintani Muhammad az-Zintani 18 Nov 1992 - 3 Mar 2008 n/p Muftah Muhammad Kaiba 3 Mar 2008 - 5 Mar 2009 n/p Mubarak Abdullah al-Shamikh 5 Mar 2009 - 26 Jan 2010 n/p Muhammad Abdul Qasim al-Zwai 26 Jan 2010 - 23 Aug 2011 n/p Chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Muhammad Abdul Jalil 23 Aug 2011 - 9 Aug 2012 n/p (in rebellion 5 Mar-23 Aug 2011) Chairmen of the General National Congress (GNC) Muhammad Ali Salim 9 Aug 2012 - 10 Aug 2012 n/p (acting) Muhammad al-Megarif 10 Aug 2012 - 28 May 2013 HJW Giuma Attaiga 28 May 2013 - 25 Jun 2013 n/p (acting) Nouri Abu Sahmain 25 Jun 2013 - 4 Aug 2014 n/p (in rebellion, Tripoli-based, from 4 Aug 2014 to 5 Apr 2016) Presidents of the House of Representatives (HoR) Abu Bakr Baira 4 Aug 2014 - 5 Aug 2014 n/p (acting) Akila Saleh Issa 5 Aug 2014 - 10 Mar 2021 n/p (with intl. recognition -as head of State- to 1 Apr 2016, Tobruk-based) Chairmen of the Presidential Council Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj 1 Apr 2016 - 10 Mar 2021 n/p (with intl. recognition, Tripoli-based) Muhammad Younes al-Menfi 10 Mar 2021 - n/p
 Leader of the Revolution
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Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi 2 Mar 1979 - 23 Aug 2011 (2011) military |
M. al-Gaddafi held no constitutional office since 2 Mar 1979, but he was regarded the supreme leader and de facto head of State as "Leader of the Revolution".
Prime Ministers
Mahmud al-Muntasir 29 Mar 1951 - 19 Feb 1954 (1970) n/p
Muhammad Saqizli 19 Feb 1954 - 12 Apr 1954 (1976) n/p
Mustafa Ben Halim 12 Apr 1954 - 26 May 1957 (2021) n/p
Abdul Majid Qubar 26 May 1957 - 17 Oct 1960 (1986) n/p
Muhammad Osman Said 17 Oct 1960 - 19 Mar 1963 (2007) n/p
Mohieddin Fiqini 19 Mar 1963 - 20 Jan 1964 (1994) n/p
Mahmud al-Muntasir 20 Jan 1964 - 20 Mar 1965 (1970) n/p
Hussein Mazziq 20 Mar 1965 - 2 Jul 1967 (2006) n/p
Abdul Qadir al-Badri 2 Jul 1967 - 25 Oct 1967 (2003) n/p
Abdul Hamid al-Baqoush 25 Oct 1967 - 4 Sep 1968 (2007) n/p
Wanis al-Gaddafi 4 Sep 1968 - 31 Aug 1969 (1986) n/p
Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi 8 Sep 1969 - 16 Jan 1970 (2009) n/p
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi 16 Jan 1970 - 16 Jul 1972 (2011) military, IIA
Abdul Salam Jalloud 16 Jul 1972 - 1 Mar 1977 military, IIA
General Secretaries of the General People's Committee
Abdul Ati al-Ubaydi 1 Mar 1977 - 1 Mar 1979 (2023) n/p
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi 1 Mar 1979 - 16 Feb 1984 n/p
Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab 16 Feb 1984 - 3 Mar 1986 n/p
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi 3 Mar 1986 - 1 Mar 1987 n/p
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir 1 Mar 1987 - 7 Oct 1990 (2001) n/p
Abu Zaid Umar Dourda 7 Oct 1990 - 29 Jan 1994 (2022) n/p
Abdul Majid al-Qaud 29 Jan 1994 - 29 Dec 1997 n/p
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush 29 Dec 1997 - 1 Mar 2000 n/p
Mubarak Abdullah al-Shamikh 1 Mar 2000 - 14 Jun 2003 n/p
Shukri Ghanem 14 Jun 2003 - 5 Mar 2006 (2012) n/p
Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi 5 Mar 2006 - 23 Aug 2011 n/p
Chairmen of the NTC's Executive Board (interim prime ministers)
Mahmoud Jibril 23 Aug 2011 - 23 Oct 2011 (2020) n/p (in rebellion 23 Mar-23 Aug 2011)
Ali Tarhouni 23 Oct 2011 - 24 Nov 2011 HWW (acting)
Prime Ministers
Abdul Rahim al-Kib 24 Nov 2011 - 14 Nov 2012 (2020) n/p (interim)
Ali Zidan 14 Nov 2012 - 11 Mar 2014 n/p, HWTR
Abdullah al-Thani 11 Mar 2014 - 15 Mar 2021 n/p (acting to 8 Apr 2014, with intl. recognition to 1 Apr 2016, Tobruk-based)
Ahmad Matiq 4 May 2014 - 9 Jun 2014 n/p (election declared unconstitutional)
Omar al-Hassi 6 Sep 2014 - 1 Abr 2015 n/p (in rebellion, Tripoli-based Government of National Salvation, GNS)
Khalifa al-Ghawail 1 Apr 2015 - 1 Apr 2016 n/p (acting to 1 Dec 2015, in rebellion, Tripoli-based Government of National Salvation, GNS)
Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj 1 Apr 2016 - 15 Mar 2021 n/p (with intl. recognition, Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, GNA)
Khalifa al-Ghawail 14 Oct 2016 - 15 Mar 2017 n/p (in rebellion, Tripoli-based Government of National Salvation, GNS)
Abdul Hamid Muhammad Dbeibah 15 Mar 2021 - LM (Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, GNU, disputed from 3 Mar 2022 by the GNS)
Fathi Salam Bashagha 3 Mar 2022 - n/p (appointed by the HoR, Tobruk-based Government of National Stability, GNS, disputed by the GNU)
Osama Saad Hammad Saleh 16 May 2023 - n/p (acting for suspended Bashagha, designated by the HoR, Tobruk-based Government of National Stability, GNS, disputed by the GNU)
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