House of Representatives (Libya)

Libyan House of Representatives

مجلس النواب

Majlis al-Nuwaab
History
Founded4 August 2014 (2014-08-04)
Preceded byGeneral National Congress
Leadership
Speaker
Aguila Saleh Issa[1] (Independent)
since 5 August 2014
Deputy-Speakers
Imhemed Shaib
Ahmed Huma
since 5 August 2014
Rapporteur
Musaab al-Abed[2]
Seats200
Elections
Parallel voting; 40 seats through first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies, 80 seats through single non-transferable vote in 29 multi-member constituencies, and 80 seats through proportional representation
Last election
25 June 2014
Meeting place
Dar al-Salam Hotel
Tobruk, Libya;[3]
Rixos al-Nasr Hotel
Tripoli, Libya[4]
Islamic Dawa Building,
Benghazi, Libya[5]
Website
https://parliament.ly

The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR; Arabic: مجلس النواب, romanizedMajlis al-Nuwaab, lit.'Council of Deputies') is the legislature of Libya resulting from the 2014 Libyan parliamentary election, which had an 18% turnout.[6][7] On 4 August 2014, in the course of the progressing August 2014 Islamist coup in the capital Tripoli in the context of the Libyan Civil War, the House of Representatives relocated itself to Tobruk in the far east of Libya. Several HoR sessions were held in Tripoli in May 2019 while Tripoli was under armed attack, electing an Interim Speaker for 45 days.[4][2] Between 2014 and 2021, the House of Representatives supported the Tobruk-based government led by Abdullah al-Thani before supporting the incumbent Government of National Unity led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. In September 2021, the House of Representatives passed a no-confidence motion against the interim GNU government and later appointed a rival Government of National Stability (GNS).[8]

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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference HoR_interim_speaker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Libya's parliament allies with renegade general, struggling to assert authority". Ahram Online. AFP. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference HoR_Tripoli_20190502 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "معالي النائب الثاني رفقة معالي رئيس الديوان يقومان بجولة تفقدية لمقر مجلس النواب بمبنى الدعوة الإسلامية" [His Excellency the Second Deputy, accompanied by His Excellency the Chief of Staff, they are conducting an inspection tour of the House of Representatives headquarters in the Islamic Call Building]. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Libyans mourn rights activist amid turmoil". Al-Jazeera. 26 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Jabal Nefusa towns declare boycott of the House of Representatives". Libya Herald. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Libya's parliament passes no-confidence vote in unity government". Al Jazeera. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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