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libya*

H.E. Emad Al-Sayah,
Chairperson, HNEC

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Libya
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Unicameral
In transition
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation House of Representatives (Majlis Al Nuwab)
Chairman of the Presidential Council Fayiz al-SA-
RAJ 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
4. Head of government Designation General National Congress is elected through a
Prime Minister Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj system of parallel voting. 120 members are elect-
ed by plurality vote from 40 single-member and 29
5. Capital multi-member constituencies. The remaining 80
Tripoli members are elected through party-list propor-

6. Currency tional representation in 20 constituencies.
Libyan Dinar (LYD) 4. Popular House

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) House of Representatives (Majlis Al Nuwab)
Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% 5. Type of Electoral System:

8. Date of Independence Plurality vote , Party-list proportional representa-
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship) tion
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution PArt iii
11 December 1969 ELECtorAL sYstEM

10. Language (s)
Arabic is the primary (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

11. Literacy Levels 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Male:93.85% Female:77.8% Total: 86.1% High National Elections Commission (HNEC)

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