Last update: 8 December 2011
Author: -
Population: 6,597,960
Prime Minister: Abdurrahim El-Keib (since November 24th, 2011)
President: Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of the NTC (since March 5th, 2011)
Governmental type: Caretaker government
Ruling Coalition: -
Last Elections: General People’s Congress, March 2010
Next Election: Public National Conference, possibly in June 2012
Sister Parties: None
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Libya
The Libya update is currently under construction.After the victory over the Gaddhafi regime in October, the 51-member National Transitional Council (NTC) which led the rebellion is in effective control of Libya. The NTC formed the Transitional Executive Board (TEB), which is to act as an interim government in preparation of free elections for a Public National Conference (PNC) which will probably be held in June 2012. The 200-member PNC will replace the NTC, is to appoint a caretaker government to replace the TEB, and will form a constituent assembly that will have 60 days to write a constitution for Libya. Once the PNC and the Libyan people in a general referendum have approved the constitution, general elections will be held within 210 days.
Due to the outlawing of political parties under Gaddhafi’s 41-year rule, the political landscape of Libya is currently in transformation. We will have more information on parties, political leaders and elections as soon as possible.
For more information you can consult the BBC news service’s special page on Libya, or visit the New York Times section on Libya, with recent news and background information.
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Libya Headlines
Tunisia extradites former Libyan Prime Minister
Wed 9 Nov 2011Libyan transitional council elects new interim prime minister
Tue 1 Nov 2011Statement of the SI Presidium on democracy in the Arab world
Tue 22 Mar 2011U.N. authorises no-fly zone Libya, Gadaffi announces "immediate ceasefire"
Fri 18 Mar 2011PES Leaders’ declaration on North Africa
Mon 7 Mar 2011Pro-Gaddafi forces launch counter attack
Mon 7 Mar 2011UN suspends Libya from Human Rights Council while unrest continues
Wed 2 Mar 2011U.N.: Libyan crackdown ‘escalates’
Fri 25 Feb 2011
Sources
American Library of Congress Country Profile
BBC Timeline
CIA World Factbook
CNN Unrest in the Middle East
EISA
Energy Information Administration country Analysis Briefs
European Commission External Relations
European Commission Neighbourhood policy
http://ec.europa.eu/world/enp/faq_en.htm
European Commission Press releases
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/308&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Freedom of House
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2005&country=6776
Human Rights Watch overview
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/18/libya12227.htm
Human Rights Watch update
http://www.hrw.org/pub/2008/mena/libya_rights_risk_090808.pdf
Inter-parliamentary Union
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2185.htm
Libya Our World
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dr_ibrahim_ighneiwa/oppos.htm
Libyan Constitutional Union
http://www.libyanconstitutionalunion.net/congress.htm#engaccord
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http://www.economist.com/countries/libya/profile.cfm?folder=Profile-Political%20Forces
The Green Book
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http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/middle-east-north-africa/libya?profile=all
UNDP
http://www.pogar.org/countries/theme.asp?th=2&cid=10
UN Development Program Human Development reports http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_LBY.html
UN Refugee Agency Mandate Status Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,4565c22526,4565c25f30b,41501c2e7,0.html
U.S. Department of State Background Note
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5425.htm
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Articles
Abedin, M., “Libya, Radical Islam and the War on Terror: A Libyan Oppositionist’s View”, Jamestown Foundation, March 2005
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=3277
Alican, C., “EU-Libyan Relations: A Friendship of Charming, but Hidden Tolerance”, September 2007
http://europeandemocracy.org/EULibyanRelations/tabid/629/Default.aspx
Birsel, Robert, "Libya's new rulers set out steps to elections", Reuters, 31 Aug 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/libya-constitution-idUSL5E7JV2CF20110831
Bruce St John, R., “Qaddafi’s Old Theories Facing New Realities”, December 2008
http://carnegieendowment.org/arb/?fa=show&article=22478
Butcher, T., “Colonel Muammar Gaddafi pledges free-market reforms in Libya”, September 2008-12-09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/2668509/Colonel-Muammar-Gaddafi-pledges-free-market-reforms-in-Libya.html
Butt, G., “Colonel Gaddafi's Libya”, 15 May 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3336059.stm
El-Anis, M., “Libya in From the Cold: Economic and Foreign Policy Developments since 2003”, 2006
http://www.menaar.org/index_files/Page3316.html
EurActiv, “EU to deepen relations with Libya, starting with trade deal”, February 2008
http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/eu-deepen-relations-libya-starting-trade-deal/article-170597
Libya Online, “Libya completes payments into compensation fund for families of US terror victims”, November 2008
http://www.libyaonline.com/news/details.php?id=6432
Pargeter, A., “Political Islam in Libya”, March 2005
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369478
Rafei, R., and Daragahi, B., “Political violence erupts in Libya”, November 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-libya8-2008nov08,0,2189338.story
Reports
Freedom of House Country Report
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&country=7216&year=2007
Human Rights Watch World Report 2008
http://hrw.org/englishwr2k8/docs/2008/01/31/libya17612.htm
Obeide, A., “Libya Security Policy Between Existence and Feasibility: An Exploratory Study”, University of Garyounis-Benghazi
http://www.gcsp.ch/e/meetings/Issues_Institutions/Mid-East_Med/Seminars/Security-Med/2004/Libya.pdf
The OSCE Representative on the Freedom of Media, “Ten Years for Media Freedom, An OSCE Anniversary”, 2008
http://www.osce.org/publications/rfm/2008/09/32993_1179_en.pdf