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{{Short description|Legislative branch of the government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}}
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 | transcription_name = 'Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm
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{{Politics of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi}}
The '''General People's Congress''' ({{langx|ar|مؤتمر الشعب العام الليبي}}, ''Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm''), often abbreviated as the '''GPC''', was the national legislature of [[Libya]], during the existence of [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]. It consisted of 2,700 representatives of the [[Basic People's Congress (political)|Basic People's Congresses]] (BPC). The GPC was the legislative forum that interacted with the [[General People's Committee]] (GPCO), whose members were secretaries of Libyan ministries. It notionally served as the intermediary between the masses and the leadership and was composed of the secretariats of some 600 local "basic popular congresses."

The GPC secretariat and the cabinet secretaries were appointed by the GPC secretary general and confirmed by the annual GPC session. These cabinet secretaries were responsible for the routine operation of their ministries.

The body was established in 1977, upon the adoption of the "[[Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People]]".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6mFCwAAQBAJ|title = Political Handbook of the World 1998|isbn = 9781349149513|last1 = Banks|first1 = Arthur S.|last2 = Day|first2 = Alan J.|last3 = Muller|first3 = Thomas C.|date = February 2016| publisher=Springer }}</ref> It was headed by the [[List of heads of state of Libya#Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Secretary-General of the General People's Congress]].

The [[People's Hall, Tripoli|People's Hall]] in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], where the Congress met, was set on fire in February 2011, during the [[First Libyan Civil War]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110224023432/http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE71K0OP20110221 Reuters News]</ref><ref>BBC News; [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12520586 "Libya protests"]; 21 February 2011; accessed 02-23-2011</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Basic People's Congress (administrative division)]]
* [[Direct democracy]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.gpcongress.gov.ly/|title=General People's Congress – official website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211143408/http://www.gpcongress.gov.ly/|archive-date=2010-02-11}}
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[[Category:Government of Libya]]
[[Category:Political history of Libya]]
[[Category:Historical legislatures|Libya]]
[[Category:Defunct unicameral legislatures|Libya]]
[[Category:History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Libya]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Libya]]


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