May 21, 2013
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The National Transitional Council of Libya, sometimes known as the Libyan Transitional National Council, the Interim National Council, or the Libyan National Council, is the de facto parliament of Libya, established by anti-Gaddafi forces during the Libyan civil war, which pitted these forces against the government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The NTC issued a 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 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". 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 council has international recognition as the legitimate governing authority in Libya until an interim authority is in place and occupies the country's seat at the United Nations. Several other countries have established unofficial ties with the National Transitional Council, with a number of those countries establishing a permanent diplomatic presence in Benghazi to liaise with council officials. The council uses the name Libya for the Libyan state and has used the long-form name Libyan Republic, while the Gaddafi government's name for the Libyan state was the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
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![Renewed tribal clashes leave three people dead in northern Libya [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-9343000/9343144/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5d7e3a4b1beda9879e066a64d15d3590)
![Gaddafi loyalists blamed for bombing in Libyan capital [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-9012000/9012671/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=1bdf19a4b0bbf747e3ffafa565fcb29f)
![Libya celebrates transfer of power to elected assembly [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-8463000/8463602/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c6582e1c1d0bb64bf4c56170dc58dc2b)
![Libyan expats vote in first post-Gaddafi election [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6656000/6656370/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=fa67cf19b19b54d207d9db56a5bcf11c)
![Discontent brews in eastern Libya as elections near [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6565000/6565511/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=06791945449c404d40ea58211e5a6e5c "Protesters set fire to piles of voting materials after storming the office of the national election commission in Benghazi July 1, 2012: REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori")
![Libyan court revokes law banning Gaddafi glorification [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-5730000/5730553/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=db2fe089ed7c645753d90a89ef8c4a68)
![Benghazi residents protest unequal distribution of Libya's national council seats [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-5331000/5331266/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d6ebd1806381eab4a4e3b7b070ded955)
![Amnesty International slams human rights violations in Arab Spring countries [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-4854000/4854880/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=776bd894dc6ca2ce8fad1568b1b96893)
![Libya announces truce to end deadly tribal clashes [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-2757000/2757495/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4f08551d4c3b3727aa166b2d29871bb2 "Fighters prepare linked ammunition belts for heavy guns in the western district of Regdalin, near Zuwara April 4, 2012: REUTERS/Anis Mili")