Libya: Timeline of Institutional Change
Peace Agreements, Local Agreements, Constitutional Events, Amnesties, Elections and Coup d'etats in Libya since 1990.
Interactive timeline of peace or transition agreements, coup d’états, amnesties, elections and constitutional events since 1990.
Peace Agreements, Local Agreements, Constitutional Events, Amnesties, Elections and Coup d'etats in Libya since 1990.
In Libya in October 1993, there was a military coup held. This was a failed regime change coup. The colpus ID for this coup d’etat is: 620-1993-10-8, which can be used to find the event within the Colpus dataset.
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An amnesty was introduced in Libya in 2011. There was no legislation introduced with the amnesty. It was introduced by: President Muammar Gaddafi For more details, visit the ACPA database page for Libya 2011 Amnesty.
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An amnesty was introduced in Libya in 2012. Legislation was introduced with this amnesty, namely: Law No. 35 of 2012 On the Amnesty of Particular Crimes, Official Gazette No 6, (passed 2 May 2012, published 19 May 2012) Law No. (51) of 2012 On the Amendment of Law No. (35) of 2012 On the Amnesty of Particular Crimes, Official Gazette No 16 (passed 11 Jun 2012, published 9 Sep 2012) Minister of Justice Decree No. (109) of 2013 On the Establishment of a Committee for Setting the Rules and Mechanisms for the Implementation of Law No. (35) of 2012 on General Amnesty (28 Jan 2013), introduced by: Interim National Transitional Council. For more details, visit the ACPA database page for Libya 2012 Amnesty.
An amnesty was introduced in Libya in 2012. Legislation was introduced with this amnesty, namely: Law 38, On Some Procedures for the Transitional Period, Art 4, Official Gazette No 6 (passed 2 May 2012, published 19 May 2012), introduced by: Interim National Transitional Council. For more details, visit the ACPA database page for Libya 2012 (Revolutionaries) Amnesty.
Legislative/Parliamentary elections were held in Libya on 07 July. International monitors were present at these elections. There were protests/riots held in Libya related to the elections. NELDA notes on this election includes: Elections to the General National Congress were held in Libya on July 7, 2012, after having been postponed from June 19, 2012. This is the first general election to be held in Libya after the toppling of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The four-decade rule of Gaddafi was marked by a ban on political parties - a ban that was lifted prior to this election. The newly elected GNC will replace the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya, which served as an interim legislature following the popular uprising that ousted Gaddafi. The newly elected GNC will be tasked with holding upcoming parliamentary elections. Over 2,600 individual candidates contested the election, and while a majority are running as indepedents, about 400 are affiliated with a political party. The election resulted in the centrist National Forces Alliance (NFA) led by former interim Prime Minister Majmoud Jibril securing 39 of the 80 seats filled from party lists. The moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (JDP) came in second with 17 seats. 120 seats went to independent candidates, and it's expected that the JDP will have further support within the GNC from independent candidates. There was violence, including the death of an electoral commission official when his helicopter was fired at amidst tensions between militia groups in control of different parts of the country. The NELDA ID for this election is 620-2012-0707-L1 which can provide more information about this event through the full dataset, accessible from their website.
In Libya in October 2013, there was a military coup held. This was a failed provisional coup. The colpus ID for this coup d’etat is: 620-2013-10-10, which can be used to find the event within the Colpus dataset.
In Libya in May 2014, there was a military coup held. This was a failed provisional coup. The colpus ID for this coup d’etat is: 620-2014-5-16, which can be used to find the event within the Colpus dataset.
Legislative/Parliamentary elections were held in Libya on 25 June. There were no international monitors present at these elections. The incumbent leader Al-Thani remained in power after this election. There were protests/riots held in Libya related to the elections. NELDA notes on this election includes: Complete lack of clarity in the information on this election due to the nature of post-Gaddafi Libya. Many conflicting sources and confusing bits and pieces of information here. Lack of clarity over who is in opposition, who is in power (no real political parties anyways); whether there is real media; nature of protests and violence. The NELDA ID for this election is 620-2014-0625-L1 which can provide more information about this event through the full dataset, accessible from their website.
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An amnesty was introduced in Libya in 2015. There was no legislation introduced along with this amnesty. However, relevant laws include: Law No. 6 of 2015 Libyan Political Agreement (Skhirat Agreement) (17 Dec 2015) For more details, visit the ACPA database page for Libya 2015 Amnesty.
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In Libya in October 2016, there was a military coup held. This was a failed provisional coup. The colpus ID for this coup d’etat is: 620-2016-10-16, which can be used to find the event within the Colpus dataset.
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On 23 December 2021 in Libya a Presidental Election was held. Find out more on this election, and past and future elections in Libya on the National Democratic Institute Election Calendar.
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The following data sources were used to develop these timelines:
Bell, C., & Badanjak, S. (2019). Introducing PA-X: A new peace agreement database and dataset. Journal of Peace Research, 56(3), 452-466. Available at https://www.peaceagreements.org/
Chin, J. J., Carter, D. B., & Wright, J. G. (2021). The Varieties of Coups D’état: Introducing the Colpus Dataset. International Studies Quarterly, 65(4), 1040-1051.
Elkins, Zachary and Tom Ginsburg. 2022 “Characteristics of National Constitutions, Version 4.0.” Comparative Constitutions Project. Last modified: October 24, 2022. Available at comparativeconstitutionsproject.org
The National Elections across Democracy and Autocracy (NELDA) dataset: Hyde, S. D., & Marinov, N. (2012). Which elections can be lost? Political analysis, 20(2), 191-210.
Mallinder, L., (2020), Amnesties, Conflict and Peace Agreement (ACPA) Dataset. Available at https://www.peaceagreements.org/amnesties/