Nombre del Pa�s:
conventional long form: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah
local short form: none

C�digo: LY

Tipo de Gobierno: Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in fact, a military dictatorship

Capital: Tripoli

Divisiones Administrativas: 25 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ajdabiya, Al 'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq, Yafran, Zlitan
note: the 25 municipalities may have been replaced by 13 regions

Independencia: 24 December 1951 (from Italy)

Feriado Nacional: Revolution Day, 1 September (1969)

Constituci�n: 11 December 1969, amended 2 March 1977

Sistema Legal: 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

Sufragio: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

Rama Ejecutiva:
chief of state: Revolutionary Leader Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-QADHAFI (since 1 September 1969); note - holds no official title, but is de facto chief of state
head of government: Secretary of the General People's Committee (Premier) Mubarak al-SHAMEKH (since 2 March 2000)
cabinet: General People's Committee established by the General People's Congress
elections: national elections are indirect through a hierarchy of people's committees; head of government elected by the General People's Congress; election last held NA (next to be held NA)
election results: Mubarak al-SHAMEKH elected head of government; percent of General People's Congress vote - NA

Rama Legislativa: unicameral General People's Congress (NA seats; members elected indirectly through a hierarchy of people's committees)

Rama Judicial: Supreme Court

Partidos Pol�ticos y l�deres: none

Grupos de presi�n Pol�ticos y l�deres: various Arab nationalist movements with almost negligible memberships may be functioning clandestinely, as well as some Islamic elements

Participaci�n de Organizaciones Internacionales: ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO

Representantes Diplom�ticos en EU: Libya does not have an embassy in the US

Representantes Dimplom�ticos de EU: the US suspended all embassy activities in Tripoli on 2 May 1980

Descripci�n de la Bandera: plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)