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National Transitional Council
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<p>The National Transitional Council (NTC) was a <a href="/facts/Transitional_government/wxErgF1q">transitional government</a> established in the <a href="/facts/Libyan_civil_war_(2011)/dlCgacp1">2011 Libyan civil war</a>. After <a href="/facts/Anti-Gaddafi_forces/JnP40t5e">rebel forces</a> overthrew the <a href="/facts/Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya/vKj7t2Rt">Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</a> of <a href="/facts/Muammar_Gaddafi/JFp2s57J">Muammar Gaddafi</a> in August 2011, the NTC governed Libya for a further ten months after the end of the war, holding <a href="/facts/2012_Libyan_General_National_Congress_election/tntQCqHy">elections</a> to a <a href="/facts/General_National_Congress/ctA6xXBQ">General National Congress</a> on 7 July 2012, and handing power to the newly elected assembly on 8 August. </p><p>The formation of the NTC was announced in the city of <a href="/facts/Benghazi/10pderw0">Benghazi</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Mahmoud_Jibril/nRzFstp3">Mahmoud Jibril</a>, was formed by the council on 23 March 2011 after being <i>de facto</i> assembled as an "executive team" since 5 March 2011. The NTC issued a <a href="/facts/Libyan_interim_Constitutional_Declaration/e5mfVrn1">Constitutional Declaration</a> in August 2011 in which it set up a road-map for the transition of the country to a <a href="/facts/Constitutional_democracy/5blgnbkS">constitutional democracy</a> with an elected government. </p><p>The council gained <a href="/facts/International_recognition_of_the_National_Transitional_Council/VD8YDTRB">international recognition</a> as the legitimate governing authority in Libya and occupied the country's seat at the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a>. In referring to the Libyan state, the council used simply "Libya". The UN formally recognized the country as "Libya" in September 2011, based on a request from the Permanent Mission of Libya citing the <a href="/facts/Libyan_interim_Constitutional_Declaration/e5mfVrn1">Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration</a> of 3 August 2011. In November 2011, the <a href="/facts/ISO_3166-1/ANcs33M7">ISO 3166-1</a> was altered to reflect the new country name "Libya" in English, "Libye (la)" in French. </p>