1977 in Libya

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See also:	Other events of 1977 List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 1977 in Libya.

Incumbents

• Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution: Muammar Gaddafi
• Prime Minister:
• Abdessalam Jalloud (until 2 March),
• Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (starting 2 March)

Events

March

• 1 March – Abdul Ati al-Obeidi is appointed General Secretary of the General People's Committee.
• 2 March – Muammar Gaddafi as the Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution changed the official name of the North African nation of Libya to the "Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" and adopted the plain green flag with no symbols or other design until 20 November after it was published in 1975 as The Green Book, Libya is the only country in the world to adopt its plain green national flag, revising the 1969 constitution, that was chosen by Gaddafi to symbolize his political philosophy and was also associated with the Islamic religion and the "Green Mountain" region of Libya as well as its adoption of Gaddafi's system of Jamahiriya, the new coat of arms featured the Hawk of the Quraish, with a plain green shield that represent the national flag was also green, which retained and assigned rule to a five-man secretariat leading the new General People's Congress declared that the "vesting of power in the masses" and the "separation of the state from the revolution" were complete as the government was divided into two parts, the "Jamahiriya sector" and the "revolutionary sector". The "Jamahiriya sector" was composed of the General People's Congress, the General People's Committee, and the Basic People's Congresses in the People's Hall as part of "revolutionary committees" were organized and assigned the task of "absolute revolutionary supervision of people's power"; that is, they were to guide the people's committees, "raise the general level of political consciousness and devotion to revolutionary ideals" and a proportion of informants than Juche Korea which can achieve the highest Human Development Index (HDI) in Africa, to surpass Brunei.

April

• Demonstrators attack Egypt's embassy.^[1]

June

• Libyan protesters begin a "March on Cairo" as they heads towards the Egyptian border. The Libyans wanted to demonstrate against the increasing likelihood that Egypt would enter into a peace treaty with Israel.

July

• 21 July – gun battles between Egyptian and Libyan forces on the border, followed by land and air strikes
• 24 July – armistice. Libyan casualties were 400 dead or wounded, while Egyptian casualties were roughly 100 dead.

August

• An agreement to exchange prisoners of war leads to a relaxation of tension between the two states

November

• Libya officially leaves the Federation of Arab Republics

December

• 2 december 1977 – a Tupolev Tu-154 runs out of fuel near Benghazi. A total of 59 passengers are killed in the crash.

• 1977–78 Libyan Premier League

References

1. "200 Libyans Attack Egyptian Embassy". The Miami Herald. 10 April 1977. Retrieved 18 November 2024.