Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | |
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الأخ القائد ومرشد الثورة الجماهرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Type | Head of State (de facto) |
Residence | Bab al-Azizia, Tripoli |
Constituting instrument | Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People |
Formation | 2 March 1979 |
Abolished | 20 October 2011Killing of Gaddafi) | (
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The Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Arabic: الأخ القائد ومرشد الثورة الجماهرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى) was a title held by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who claimed to be merely a symbolic figurehead of the country's official governance structure.[1][2] However, critics long described him as a dictator,[3] referring to his position as the de facto former political office, despite the Libyan state's denial of him holding any power.[1][2]
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that he is not a president and so cannot resign his position, and that power is in the hands of the people, during a televised public rally in the capital, Tripoli.