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Parliament name (generic / translated) Mutamar Al Chaab Al Aam / General People's Congress More photos  >>> Structure of parliament Unicameral Affiliation to the IPU Affiliation date(s) LEADERSHIP President Muhammad Abu-al-Kasim Zway (M)  Notes 26.01.2010 - Secretary General Mohamed Najib M. Tleba (M)  COMPOSITION Members (statutory / current number) 468 / 468 PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN More statistics  >>> Women (current number) 36 (7.69%) Mode of designation indirectly elected 468 Notes Indirectly elected by municipal people's committees. Term 3 years Last renewal dates 1 March 2009 4 March 2009 (View details) CONTACT INFORMATION Address Secretariat of the General People´s Congress P.O. Box 807 SIRT Libyan Arab Jamahiriya General People's Congress (Qaat Al-Chaab) P.O.Box 2554 TRIPOLI (Export mailing lists) Phone (218 21) 340 48 48 (Tripoli) (218 21) 340 37 07 (Tripoli) (218 54) 52 62 707 (Sirte) Fax (218 21) 340 37 05 (Tripoli) (218 54) 52 68 720 (Sirte) (218 54) 52 65 843 (Sirte) E-mail Website

Parliament name (generic / translated) Mutamar Al Chaab Al Aam / General People's Congress Structure of parliament Unicameral LEGAL FRAMEWORK Electoral law 19 April 1984 Mode of designation indirectly elected 468 Constituencies (not applicable) Voting system : Indirect voting for the 468 members who are situated at the top of a pyramid-like system which has as its basis some 2,000 basic people's congresses existing throughout the country. These congresses appoint popular committees to execute policy. Provincial and urban affairs are handled by these committees responsible to municipal people's congresses, of which there are 13. Officials of these congresses and committees form at the national level the General People's Congress - the highest policy-making body in the country. Voter requirements - age: 18 years - Libyan citizenship CANDIDATES Eligibility - age: 18 years - Libyan citizenship - secretaries of the General People's Congress, of the municipal people's congresses, or of the general vocational, production and craft people's congresses, or assistant secretaries of the branch municipal congresses. Incompatibilities (data unavailable) Candidacy requirements (data unavailable)

Parliament name (generic / translated) Mutamar Al Chaab Al Aam / General People's Congress Structure of parliament Unicameral BACKGROUND Dates of election / renewal (from/to) (from/to) 1 March 2009 4 March 2009 Timing and scope of renewal N/A (indirect elections) N/A (indirect elections) STATISTICS Voter turnout Distribution of votes Distribution of seats Distribution of seats according to sex Men Women Percent of women % Distribution of seats according to age Distribution of seats according to profession Comments

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