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Capital city
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Tripoli |
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Corruption
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2.5 |
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[123rd of 160]
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Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom
Sir Vincent Fean |
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Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom > Resident Heads of Missions > Type
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Independence
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship) |
International organization participation
ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) |
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Judicial branch
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Supreme Court |
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Legal system
based on Italian civil law system and Islamic law; separate religious courts; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Legislative branch
unicameral General People's Congress (approximately 2,700 seats; members elected indirectly through a hierarchy of people's committees) |
National holiday
Revolution Day, 1 September (1969) |
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political parties > No party
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Political parties and leaders
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none |
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Political pressure groups and leaders
various Arab nationalist movements with almost negligible memberships may be functioning clandestinely, as well as some Islamic elements; an anti-QADHAFI Libyan exile movement exists, primarily based in London, but has little influence |
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Prime minister
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Baghdadi Mahmudi |
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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7.7 %
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[140th of 174]
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Status
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dictatorship |
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Suffrage
18 years of age; universal and compulsory |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Libya has claimed more than 32,000 sq km in southeastern Algeria and about 25,000 sq km in the Tommo region of Niger in a currently dormant dispute; various Chadian rebels from the Aozou region reside in southern Libya |
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UN membership date
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14 Dec. 1955 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.libya-un.org/index_f.html |
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