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| conventional_long_name = Libya
| common_name = Libya▼
| government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Provisional government|
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| p1 = Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya{{!}}Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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| capital = [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
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| religion = [[Islam]]
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| national_anthem = [[Libya, Libya, Libya]]
| official_languages = [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| legislature = National Transitional Council
| title_leader = Chairman
| leader1 = [[Mustafa Abdul Jalil]]
| year_leader1 = 2011–2012
| deputy1 = [[Mahmoud Jibril]]
| deputy2 = [[Abdurrahim El-Keib]]
| year_deputy1 = 2011
| year_deputy2 = 2011-2012
| era = 2011 Libyan
| event_start = Establishment
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| year_start = 2011
| event1 = [[Battle of Tripoli (2011)|
| date_event1 = 28 August 2011
| event2 = [[Death of Muammar Gaddafi]]
| date_event2 = 20 October 2011
| event_end = Handover of power to the elected [[General National Congress]]
| date_end = 8 August
| year_end = 2012
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{{Politics of Libya}}
The '''National Transitional Council
The formation of the NTC was announced in the city of [[Benghazi]] on 27 February 2011 with the purpose to act as the "political face of the revolution". On 5 March 2011, the council issued a statement in which it declared itself to be the "only legitimate body representing the people of Libya and the Libyan state".<ref name="news.com.au">{{cite news |title=Ferocious Battles in Libya as National Council Meets for First Time |url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/ferocious-battles-in-libya-as-national-council-meets-for-first-time/story-e6frfku0-1226016536676 |date=6 March 2011 |access-date=6 March 2011 |publisher=[[NewsCore]] (via [[news.com.au]]) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822083631/https://www.news.com.au/world/ferocious-battles-in-libya-as-national-council-meets-for-first-time/news-story/77a9c3d6f7ffdb00ee111056a8447ac8 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">The Interim Transitional National Council Decree 3. 5 March 2011.</ref><ref name="ntclibya_founding" /> An executive board, chaired by [[Mahmoud Jibril]], was formed by the council on 23 March 2011 after being ''de facto'' assembled as an "executive team" since 5 March 2011. The NTC issued a [[Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration|Constitutional Declaration]] in August 2011 in which it set up a road-map for the transition of the country to a [[constitutional democracy]] with an elected government.
The council gained [[International recognition of the National Transitional Council|international recognition]] as the legitimate governing authority in Libya<ref>{{cite news|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE76E0W120110715|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=15 July 2011|access-date=25 July 2011|title=Excerpts from Libya Contact Group Chair's Statement|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725211340/http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE76E0W120110715|archive-date=25 July 2012|url-status=
==Background==
===Uprising and
{{Main|2011 Libyan
After [[Arab Spring|popular movements]] overturned the rulers of [[Tunisian revolution|Tunisia]] and [[2011 Egyptian revolution|Egypt]], Libya's immediate neighbours to the west and east, Libya experienced a full-scale [[uprising]] beginning in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya |title= Live Blog – Libya |publisher= [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date= 17 February 2011 |access-date= 23 February 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110223072304/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya |archive-date= 23 February 2011 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.libyafeb17.com/category/newsfeed/ |title=News | Libya February 17th |publisher=Libyafeb17.com |access-date=23 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030012821/http://archive.libyafeb17.com/category/newsfeed/ |archive-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 20 February, the unrest had spread to Tripoli. Much of Libya had slipped out of Gaddafi's control, falling to anti-Gaddafi forces. [[Cyrenaica|Eastern Libya]], centered around the second largest city and vital port of Benghazi, was firmly under the control of the opposition. The opposition began to organise themselves into a functioning government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/25/world/middleeast/map-of-how-the-protests-unfolded-in-libya.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Map of How the Protests Unfolded in Libya|date=25 February 2011|access-date=26 February 2011|author1=Burgess, Joe|author2=Fahim, Kareem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228085818/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/25/world/middleeast/map-of-how-the-protests-unfolded-in-libya.html|archive-date=28 February 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Anti-Gaddafi forces marched on [[Sirte]] ([[Muammar Gaddafi|Gaddafi]]'s hometown) on 28 September 2011. [[Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Gaddafi loyalists]] delayed the attack with the use of their snipers. The [[Battle of Sirte (2011)|fight for Sirte]] ended on 20 October with the capture of the town and the death of Colonel Gaddafi.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15389550|publisher=[[BBC News]]|title=Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi killed, says NTC|date=20 October 2011|access-date=20 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020145228/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15389550|archive-date=20 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>http://www.iso.org/iso/nl_vi-11_name_change_for_libya.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
===Early efforts to form a government===
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On 24 February 2011, politicians, former military officers, tribal leaders, academics and businessmen held a meeting in the eastern city of [[Bayda, Libya|Bayda]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/libya/ |title=Spotlight Libya |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]] |access-date=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319100552/http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/libya/ |archive-date=19 March 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The meeting was chaired by former justice minister [[Mustafa Abdul Jalil]], who [[List of Libyan officials who protested or resigned during 2011 protests|quit the Jamahiriya government]] a few days before. The delegates discussed proposals for interim administration with many delegates asking for UN intervention in Libya.<ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | date = 25 February 2011 | title = Discussions Under Way for Provisional Government in Libya | url = http://maltastar.com/pages/r1/ms10dart.asp?a=14356 | work = Malta Star | access-date = 17 August 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111003071612/http://maltastar.com/pages/r1/ms10dart.asp?a=14356 | archive-date = 3 October 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The podium at the meeting displayed the pre-Jamahiriya flag.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news | publisher = [[NPR]] | date = 23 February 2011 | url = https://www.npr.org/2011/02/23/134003954/New-Government-Forms-In-Eastern-Libya | title = New Government Forms in Eastern Libya | access-date = 3 April 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180513000630/https://www.npr.org/2011/02/23/134003954/New-Government-Forms-In-Eastern-Libya | archive-date = 13 May 2018 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date=25 February 2011 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-25/libya-s-eastern-rebels-long-time-qaddafi-foes-driving-revolt.html |title=Libya's Eastern Rebels Long Time Qaddafi Foes Driving Revolt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228232031/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-25/libya-s-eastern-rebels-long-time-qaddafi-foes-driving-revolt.html |archive-date=28 February 2011 }}</ref>
On 25 February, [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] TV reported that talks were taking place between "personalities from eastern and western Libya" to form an interim government for the post-Gaddafi era.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The following day, former justice minister Mustafa Abdul Jalil was announced to be leading the process of forming an interim body, to be based in Benghazi.<ref>{{cite news | publisher = [[CBN News]] | date = 26 February 2011 | url = http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/02/26/11/terror-tripoli-pressure-builds-yemen | title = Terror in Tripoli as pressure builds in Yemen | access-date = 8 August 2012 | agency = Agence France-Presse | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004104249/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/02/26/11/terror-tripoli-pressure-builds-yemen | archive-date = 4 October 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |title=Live Blog |url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-feb-26 |date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301015859/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-feb-26 |archive-date=1 March 2011 |access-date=5 March 2011 }}</ref> Jalil stated that "Gaddafi alone bore responsibility for the crimes that have occurred" in Libya; he also insisted on the unity of Libya and that Tripoli was the national capital.<ref>{{cite news| publisher = lse.co.uk| title = Ex-Libyan Minister Forms Interim Government: report| agency = Reuters| url = http://www.lse.co.uk/FinanceNews.asp?ArticleCode=77c8l0riig2uluz&ArticleHeadline=Ex_Libyan_minister_forms_interim_govtreport| date = 26 February 2011| access-date = 8 August 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110513045506/http://www.lse.co.uk/FinanceNews.asp?ArticleCode=77c8l0riig2uluz&ArticleHeadline=Ex_Libyan_minister_forms_interim_govtreport| archive-date = 13 May 2011| url-status = live}}</ref> The efforts to form an alternative government have been supported by the Libyan ambassador in the United States, [[Ali Suleiman Aujali]].<ref>{{cite news | publisher = [[Reuters]] | url = https://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2613766620110226 | title = Update 1-Exclusive-Libya Envoy to U.S. Backs Interim Government | date = 26 February 2011 | access-date = 8 August 2012 | author = Arshad Mohammed | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120725175410/http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2613766620110226 | archive-date = 25 July 2012 | url-status =
===Establishment of a national council===
{{History of Libya}}
A National Transitional Council was formed on 27 February to act as "the political face of the revolution".<ref>{{cite news|title=Anti-Gaddafi Figures Say Form National Council|url=https://www.reuters.com/article
An Al Jazeera journalist in Benghazi reported that a fully fledged interim government would not be formed until Tripoli was under opposition control.<ref>Reported on Al-Jazeera English TV by Hoda Abdel-Hamid{{full citation needed|date=January 2012}}</ref> This contradicted Jalil's statement of the previous day about the formation of a provisional government. These comments were later clarified by the council as Jalil's "personal views".
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===Formation of an executive board===
On 23 March, the council established an
===Instability in 2012===
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===Dissolution===
In a ceremony on 8 August 2012—held in the evening due to the daytime fast of [[Ramadan]]—the NTC formally transferred power to the [[General National Congress]]. Jalil stepped down as chairman, passing the position to the GNC's oldest member, [[Mohammed Ali Salim]].<ref name=BBC88 /> The NTC was then dissolved, while the GNC members took their oath of office, led by Salim.<ref name=R88 />
Hundreds of people gathered in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]'s [[Martyrs' Square, Tripoli|Martyrs' Square]] with candles symbolizing reconciliation.<ref name=BBC88 /> The date of the transfer—20 Ramadan on the [[Islamic calendar]]—had also been selected for symbolic reasons, as 20 Ramadan the previous year had fallen on 20 August, the date that the rebels attacked Tripoli, leading to Gaddafi's flight.<ref name=R88>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article
According to [[BBC News]], the transfer was "the first [[peaceful transition of power]] in Libya's modern history",<ref name=BBC88>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19183300 |title=Libya's NTC hands power to newly elected assembly |date=8 August 2012 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808192952/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19183300 |archive-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> meaning the history since the end of the monarchy.
==Aims and objectives==
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The "Declaration of the founding of the National Transitional Council" stated that the main aims of the council were as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ntclibya.org/arabic/first-announcement/ |script-title=ar:إعلان تاسيس المجلس الوطني الانتقالي المؤقت | الجمهورية الليبية - المجلس الوطني الانتقالي |language=ar |publisher=National Transitional Council |date=19 March 2011 |access-date=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314192350/http://ntclibya.org/arabic/first-announcement/ |archive-date=14 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*Guide the conduct of foreign policy, and the regulation of relations with other countries and international and regional organizations, and the representation of the Libyan people
In another statement clarifying the goals for a post-Gaddafi Libya, the council committed itself an eight-point plan to hold free and fair elections, draft a national constitution, form political and civil institutions, uphold intellectual and political pluralism, and guarantee citizens' inalienable human rights and the ability of free expression of their aspirations. The council also emphasized its rejection of racism, intolerance, discrimination, and terrorism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/29/vision-democratic-libya-interim-national-council |title=A vision of a democratic Libya |date=29 March 2011 |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921211659/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/29/vision-democratic-libya-interim-national-council |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Documents/2011/3/29/2011329113923943811The%20Interim%20Transitional%20National%20Council%20Statement.pdf|title=A Vision of a Democratic Libya |date=29 March 2011 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106021050/http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Documents/2011/3/29/2011329113923943811The%20Interim%20Transitional%20National%20Council%20Statement.pdf |archive-date=6 November 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Article 1 further declares [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] the state capital and [[Standard Arabic|Arabic]] the official language while reserving the linguistic and cultural rights of ethnic minorities as well as the [[freedom of religion]] for religious minorities.
The stated aim of the NTC was to form a ''de jure'' interim government based in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and hold elections for a General National Congress to replace it. The GNC would then elect a prime minister, appoint a Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution subject to its approval by the Public National Conference (PNC) and by referendum, and then oversee free elections for a representative government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article
==Structure and membership==
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The National Transitional Council claimed to be, and was [[International recognition of the National Transitional Council|widely recognized as]], the "only legitimate body representing the people of Libya and the Libyan state".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ntclibya.org/english/about/ |title=Introducing the Council | The Libyan Republic - The Interim Transitional National Council |publisher=National Transitional Council |access-date=10 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310042042/http://ntclibya.org/english/about/ |archive-date=10 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Starting off at 33 members, it rose to 51,<ref name="LibyaTVARaK">{{cite news|work=[[Libya TV]] |url=http://english.libya.tv/2011/11/01/abdul-raheem-al-keeb-elected-libyas-interim-pm/ |title=Abdul Raheem al-Keeb elected Libya's interim PM |date=1 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103211927/http://english.libya.tv/2011/11/01/abdul-raheem-al-keeb-elected-libyas-interim-pm/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 }}</ref> with proposals to increase its size further to 75 or even 125.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omarturbi.org/NDI-ReportOnTNC62911.pdf|title=The National Democratic Institute Update on Libya June 29, 2011|date=29 June 2011|access-date=19 September 2011|author=David Rolfes|publisher=omarturbi.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619025720/http://www.omarturbi.org/NDI-ReportOnTNC62911.pdf|archive-date=19 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Al Jazeera English reported that each city or town under opposition control will be given five seats on the new council and that contact will be established with new cities that come under opposition control to allow them to join the council. The identities of members of the council were not disclosed at the launch conference. Human Rights lawyer [[Hafiz Ghoga]] was the spokesperson for the new council. An Al Jazeera English journalist in Benghazi stated that Mustafa Abdul Jalil still had a leadership role within the new council.<ref name="AJ-LybNatCons">{{cite news|title=Libya Opposition Launches Council|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011227175955221853.html|work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|date=27 February 2011|access-date=5 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227232201/http://english.aljazeera.net//news/africa/2011/02/2011227175955221853.html|archive-date=27 February 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The
In September 2011, some of the NTC's members were in [[Benghazi]], while some had moved to the ''de jure'' capital [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]. On 8 September, the head of government Mahmoud Jibril became the highest-ranking NTC official yet to move to Tripoli. Prior to Jibril's relocation, Deputy Chairman Ali Tarhouni was the ''de facto'' leader of the NTC in Tripoli.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-sep-8-2011-1928|publisher=Al Jazeera|title=Thursday, September 8, 2011 – 17:28 GMT+3 - Libya|date=8 September 2011|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117201408/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-sep-8-2011-1928|archive-date=17 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
====Members====
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The members of the council included:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntclibya.com/InnerPage.aspx?SSID=7&ParentID=3&LangID=1 |title=The Libyan Interim National Council |publisher=National Transitional Council |access-date=2 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522091355/http://www.ntclibya.com/InnerPage.aspx?SSID=7&ParentID=3&LangID=1 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Dan|title=The members of Libya's National Transitional Council|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/0902/The-members-of-Libya-s-National-Transitional-Council|access-date=19 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=2 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913174736/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/0902/The-members-of-Libya-s-National-Transitional-Council|archive-date=13 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of NTC Members 1 of 2|language=ar|url=http://www.twitpic.com/7x9p8z|access-date=23 December 2011|publisher=twitpic.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403021824/http://www.twitpic.com/7x9p8z|archive-date=3 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
Council
* [[Mustafa Abdul Jalil]]
* [[Mustafa Honi]]
* [[Ahmed al-Senussi|Zubeir Ahmed El-Sharif]]
* [[Omar El-Hariri]]
City Representatives:
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* [[Hassan Fadeel]]
* [[Salih Dirssi]]
* [[Ahmed Dayikh]]
* [[Mustafa Houni]]
* [[Abd al-Qadr Minsar]]
* [[Emadaldeen Nussayr]]
* [[Khaled Nassrat]]
* [[AbdAllah Turki]]
* [[Mukhtar Jadal]]
* [[Ahmed Zway]]
* [[Mustafa Lindi]]
* [[Abdullah Al-Mayhoub|Abdullah Moussa Al-Mayhoub]]
* [[Taher Dyab]]
* [[Mussa Balkami]]
* [[Mohamed ZaynAbideen]]
* [[Fathi Baja|Fathi Mohammed Baja]]
* [[Ahmed Al-Abbar]]
* [[Salwa El-Deghali|Salwa Fawzi El-Deghali]]
* [[Khaled Sayih]]
* [[Mansour Mohamed El-Kikhia|Mansour Kikhia]]
* Intisar Ageeli
* Abd al-Basset Naama
* Ihbaybil Doii
* [[Ashour Bourashed]]
* [[Khaled Ahmed ShikShik]]
* [[Othman BenSassi]]
* [[Abd al-Majeed Sayf-alNasser]]
* [[Mohamed Rimash]]
* [[Fraj Shoeib]]
* [[Ali al-Juwani]]
* [[Farhat Shirshari]]
* [[Othman Mgayrhi]]
* [[Alameen Bilhaj]]
* [[Abd al-Razzag Aradi]]
* [[Mohamed Hrayzi]]
* [[Abd al-Razzag Abuhajar]]
* [[Ali Shitwi]]
* [[AbdAllah Banoon]]
* [[Abd al-Nasser Salem]]
* [[Abd al-Basset Abadi]]
* [[Abd al-Nasser Nafaa]]
* [[Salih Darhub]]
* [[Osama AbuKraza]]
* [[Milad Oud]]
* [[Ali Manaa]]
* [[Idris AbuFayid]]
* [[Jamal Issa]]
* [[Ali Gamma]]
* [[Abd al-Hadi Shaweesh]]
* [[Ramadan Khaled]]
* [[Ibrahim BenGhasheer]]
* [[Suleiman Fortia|Suleiman Al-Fortia]]
* [[Mohamed
* [[Salem Gnan]]
* [[Hassan Sghayir]]
* [[Saad Nasr]]
* [[Abd al-Razzaq Madi]]
* [[Mubarak al-Futmani]]
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===Executive Board===
On 5 March 2011, a crisis committee was set up to act as the executive arm of the council. An Executive Board was announced on 23 March 2011.<ref name=airforce/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/2011322193944862310.html#|title=Libyan Rebels Form 'Interim Government'|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=22 March 2011|access-date=25 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324195130/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/2011322193944862310.html|archive-date=24 March 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="board">[http://www.ntclibya.com/InnerPage.aspx?SSID=8&ParentID=3&LangID=1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183717/http://www.ntclibya.com/InnerPage.aspx?SSID=8&ParentID=3&LangID=1
The
====Members (March–August 2011)====
Prior to the re-shuffle in August 2011, the board members were:<ref name=board/>
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*[[Mahmoud Jibril]] – [[List of heads of government of Libya|Chairman]] and
*[[Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi|Ali Al-Issawi]] –
*Ahmed Hussein Al-Darrat – Internal Affairs and Local Government
*[[Jalal al-Digheily]] – Defence (formerly Military Affairs)
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====Members (October 2011)====
A new cabinet was unveiled in early October 2011, though not all of its members were announced at once. Individuals confirmed to be part of the new board included<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/2011102181154543584.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|title=New cabinet takes shape in Libya|date=2 October 2011|access-date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002231518/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/2011102181154543584.html|archive-date=2 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Mahmoud Jibril as prime minister, [[Ali Tarhouni]] as deputy prime minister, and [[Jalal al-Digheily]] as defence minister. On 23 October, Jibril resigned as Mustafa Abdul Jalil declared an end to the Libyan
The executive board was dissolved on 22 November 2011 as per the Interim constitution which stated that the
===Interim government===
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*[[Mustafa A.G. Abushagur]]- Deputy Prime Minister
*[[Hamza Abu Faris]] – Minister of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs
*[[Ali Ashour (politician)|Ali Ashour]] – Minister of Justice
*[[Anwar Fituri]] – Minister of Communications and Information Technology
*[[Mustafa Rugibani]] – Minister of Labor
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The council established the following commercial bodies to manage its financial affairs:
* The Central Bank of Benghazi – to act as the "monetary authority competent in monetary policies in Libya"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ntclibya.org/english/meeting-on-19-march-2011/ |title=Meeting Outcomes of the Interim National Council Held on 19 March 2011 |publisher=National Transitional Council |date=19 March 2011 |access-date=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326080308/http://ntclibya.org/english/meeting-on-19-march-2011/ |archive-date=26 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Libyan Oil Company – to act as the "supervisory authority on oil production and policies in the country"<ref>{{cite web |author=Varner, Bill |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/libyan-rebel-council-sets-up-oil-company-to-replace-qaddafi-s.html |title=Libyan Rebel Council Forms Oil Company To Replace
==Armed forces==
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The [[anti-Gaddafi forces]] were Libyan armed forces which were constituted during the 2011 war by defected military members and armed citizens in order to engage in battle against remaining members of the [[Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Jamahiriya's armed forces]], hired mercenaries and paramilitary loyal to the rule of [[Muammar Gaddafi]]. The [[National Liberation Army (Libya)|National Liberation Army]], formerly known as the Free Libyan Army, was the NTC's military arm, with the small [[Free Libyan Air Force]] operating assets including captured and defected fighter jets and helicopters.
[[Omar El-Hariri]] was the first military affairs minister the NTC named, holding that position from 23 March 2011 forward. By 19 May 2011, however, [[Jalal al-Digheily]] had replaced El-Hariri.<ref name="economist">{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/18713650?story_id=18713650&fsrc=rss|
On 1 April 2011, [[Abdul Fatah Younis]] was announced as commander of the NTC's forces, in an attempt to form an organized fighting structure due to a string of failures. Younis was killed in an attack on 29 July 2011 which was variously blamed on pro-Gaddafi agents,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/28/libya-rebel-head-abdel-fattah-younis-killed-115875-23304284|title= Rebel head Abdel-Fattah Younis Killed|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=28 July 2011|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> rogue rebel militiamen, and the NTC itself.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/870718/libyan-rebel-military-leader-is-killed |title=Libyan Rebel Military Leader Is Killed |date=29 July 2011 |publisher=Sky News |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017074217/http://news.sky.com/story/870718/libyan-rebel-military-leader-is-killed |archive-date=17 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Suleiman Mahmoud]], Younis's top lieutenant, replaced him as army commander.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-07-29-libya-rebel-chief-slain_n.htm|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=29 July 2011|access-date=29 July 2011|title=Officer accuses fellow rebels in Libya killing|first=Rami|last=Al-Shaheibi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731044153/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-07-29-libya-rebel-chief-slain_n.htm|archive-date=31 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In July 2011, the [[Libya Contact Group]] of representatives of many nations announced its participants' agreement to deal with the National Transitional Council as the "legitimate governing authority in Libya".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE76E0W120110715|title= Excerpts from Libya Contact Group Chair's Statement|agency= [[Reuters]]|work= Reuters Africa|date= 15 July 2011|access-date= 16 July 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120725211340/http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE76E0W120110715|archive-date= 25 July 2012|url-status=
[[Mohammed El Senussi]], the [[pretender]] to the [[House of Senussi|throne of Libya]], also voiced his support for the NTC.<ref name="Libya's 'exiled prince' urges world action" >{{cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=9 March 2011 |url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/March/international_March491.xml§ion=international |title=Libya's 'Exiled Prince' Urges World Action |work=[[Khaleej Times]] |access-date=10 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713151457/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data%2Finternational%2F2011%2FMarch%2Finternational_March491.xml§ion=international |archive-date=13 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
While NTC forces were working to secure military victory on the ground, the NTC's chairman, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, was working to foster good diplomatic relations overseas. Before Gaddafi was killed Abdul Jalil negotiated a deal with the British government to pay millions in compensation to victims of [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] attacks that used Jamahiriya-supplied arms.<ref>{{cite news|title=UK and new Libyan leaders agree deal for IRA victims|url=http://www.exaronews.com/articles/4117/uk-and-new-libyan-leaders-agree-deal-for-ira-victims|date=20 October 2011|work=[[Exaro
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