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Line 91: The '''National Transitional Council of Libya''' ({{lang-ar\|المجلس الوطني الإنتقالي}} ''{{transl\|ar\|ALA-LC\|al-[[majlis]] al-waṭanī al-intiqālī}}'' ), sometimes known as the '''Transitional National Council''',<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jul2011/pers-j20.shtml\|publisher = [[World Socialist Web Site]]\|title=The US recognises Libya's Transitional National Council\|date=20 July 2011\|accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref> was the ''de facto'' government of [[Libya]] for a period during and after the [[2011 Libyan Civil War\|Libyan Civil War]], in which [[anti-Gaddafi forces\|rebel forces]] overthrew the [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]] of [[Muammar Gaddafi]]. The '''NTC''' governed Libya for a period of ten months after the end of the war, holding [[Libyan General National Congress election, 2012\|elections]] to a [[General National Congress]] on 7 July 2012, and handing power to the newly elected assembly on 8 August.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle-east/2012/08/08/libya-transitional-rulers-hand-over-power/uMPkXd9vTSSHg589mU9ykJ/story.html Libya's transitional rulers hand over power], ''Boston.com'', 8 August 2012.</ref> The formation of the NTC was announced in the city of [[Benghazi]] on 27 February 2011 with the purpose toof ~~act as~~serving 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 \|accessdate=6 March 2011 \| publisher = [[NewsCore]] (via [[news.com.au]])}}</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\|accessdate=25 July 2011\|title=Excerpts from Libya Contact Group Chair's Statement}}</ref> and occupied the country's seat at the [[United Nations]].<ref name="unga_144">{{cite news\|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18910663\|work=San Jose Mercury News\|first=Edith\|last=Lederer\|title=UN approves Libya seat for former rebels\|date=16 September 2011\|accessdate=16 September 2011}}</ref> In referring to the Libyan state, the council used simply "Libya". The UN formally recognized the country as "Libya" in September 2011,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://unterm.un.org \|title=United Nations interoffice memorandum dated 16 September 2011 from Desmond Parker, Chief of Protocol, to Shaaban M. Shaaban, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, attaching memorandum from Stadler Trengove, Senior Legal Officer \|publisher=Unterm.un.org \|date= \|accessdate=2013-02-05}}</ref> based on a request from the Permanent Mission of Libya citing the [[Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration]] of 3 August 2011. In November 2011, the [[ISO 3166-1]] was altered to reflect the new country name "Libya" in English, "Libye (la)" in French.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.iso.org/iso/nl_vi-11_name_change_for_libya.pdf \|accessdate=13 December 2011 \|date=8 November 2011 \|title=ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-11: Name change for Libya \|publisher=International Organization for Standardization}}</ref>

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