List of heads of state of Libya

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This is a list of heads of state of Libya since independence in 1951.

Heads of State of Libya (effective heads of state, 1951–Present)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
Kingdom of Libya
المملكة الليبية (Al-Mamlakat al-Lībiyya)
24 December 1951 to 1 September 1969		His Majesty King Idris I	First and only King of Libya; deposed in the 1969 coup d'état
Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Libyan Arab Republic
الجمهورية العربية الليبية (Al-Jumhuriyya al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyya)
1 September 1969 to 2 March 1977		Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council	Mil/ASU
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى (Al-Jamāhīriyya al-`Arabiyya al-Lībiyya aš-Ša'biyya al-Ištirākiyya al-`Uẓmā)
2 March 1977 to 23 August 2011		Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution	Mil/n-p	Disputed from 5 March 2011
Libyan Republic
الجمهورية الليبية (al-Jumhūriyya al-Lībiyya)
5 March 2011 to Present		Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Chairman of the National Transitional Council	n-p	In rebellion to 23 August 2011

Secretaries-General of the General People's Congress (nominal heads of state of Libya, 1977–2011)

Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Former political post
Coat of arms of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Predecessor	Muammar Gaddafi, as Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Successor	None
First officeholder	Muammar Gaddafi
Last officeholder	Mohamed Abu Al-Quasim al-Zwai
Appointer	General People's Congress
Political office started	2 March 1977
Political office ended	23 August 2011

The General People's Congress, chaired by the Secretary-General, was the primary legislature of Libya as well as the top executive authority. They had delegated most executive authority to the General People's Committee and its Secretary or Prime Minister. Beside chairing the General People's Congress, its Secretary-General was also de jure head of state of Libya.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى (Al-Jamāhīriyya al-`Arabiyya al-Lībiyya aš-Ša'biyya al-Ištirākiyya al-`Uẓmā)
2 March 1977 to 2 March 1979		Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
2 March 1979 to 7 January 1981		Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
7 January 1981 to 15 February 1984		Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990		Mifta al-Usta Umar, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
7 October 1990 to 18 November 1992		Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
18 November 1992 to 3 March 2008		Muhammad az-Zanati, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
3 March 2008 to 5 March 2009		Miftah Muhammed K'eba, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
5 March 2009 to 26 January 2010		Imbarek Shamekh, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p
26 January 2010 to 23 August 2011		Mohamed Abu Al-Quasim al-Zwai, Secretary-General of the General People's Congress	n-p	Disputed from 5 March 2011

Affiliations

See also

• List of heads of government of Libya

References

• World Statesmen – Libya