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Libya for two years following the end of the First Libyan Civil War. Tasked primarily with transitioning Libya to a permanent democratic constitution, it was given an 18-month deadline to fulfil this goal. When the deadline passed with work on the new constitution only just getting underway, Congress was forced to organise elections to a new House of Representatives, which took power and replaced it on 4 August 2014. An un-reelected minority of former GNC members, supported by the LROR and Central Shield armed groups, met on 25 August 2014 and declared a National Salvation Government.
On 1 April 2016, the GNC announced it own dissolution and has been replaced by the High Council of State. In a ceremony on 8 August 2012, the National Transitional Council formally transferred power to the General National Congress. Mustafa Abdul Jalil stepped down as head of state, passing the position to the GNC’s oldest member, Mohammed Ali Salim. Hundreds of people gathered in Tripoli’s Martyrs’ Square with candles symbolizing reconciliation. According to BBC News, the transfer was “the first peaceful transition of power in Libya’s modern history”. In 2014 elections to a new House of Representatives were held. However, politicians from the blocs that lost the elections continued to convene as the General National Congress, claiming that the GNC is the legitimate parliament of Libya.
Re-elected members from the Islamist bloc had chosen to continue to sit in the GNC, instead of the House of Representatives where they would be in a reduced minority. After their landslide defeat in the 2014 elections, Islamist parties acting under the leadership of Nouri Abusahmain used two armed groups, the LROR and Central Shield, to take control of the capital Tripoli. The GNC continued to be led by Nouri Abusahmain and appointed Omar al-Hasi then Khalifa al-Ghawi as prime ministers of the National Salvation Government. Members of the House of Representatives and the General National Congress signed a United Nations supported political agreement on 17 December 2015.
Fayez al-Sarraj, arrived in Tripoli on 30 March 2016. The following day, it was reported that the GNA has taken control of the prime ministerial offices and that the GNC appointed Prime Minister Khalifa al-Ghawi had fled to Misrata. On April 5, the National Salvation Government of the General National Congress announced that it was resigning, “ceasing operations” and ceding power to the Presidential Council. Following the dissolution of the GNC, former members of that body declared the establishment of the State Council, as envisaged by the LPA. It is estimated that 25 independents were associated with the NFA, 17 with Justice and Construction, and 23 were Salafis. Following the 2012 elections, an Integrity Commission was set up to exclude and remove Gaddafi-era officials from politics.
The commission removed 15 members of the GNC. The Congress was tasked with electing a new Prime Minister and governing cabinet. Among the rules approved by the GNC on the election of the Prime Minister was a prohibition on Prime Ministers and cabinet ministers being GNC members simultaneously. The Congress selected Mustafa Abushagur as Prime Minister on 12 September 2012, he subsequently resigned after failing to get a cabinet approved. On 9 August 2012, Congress members voted in a televised meeting for a president for the GNC.
