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Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
القوات المسلحة للجماهيرية العربية الليبية
Coat of arms of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Disbanded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Service branchesLibyan Army
Libyan Air Force
Libyan Navy
People's Militia[1]
HeadquartersTripoli
Leadership
Brotherly LeaderMuammar Gaddafi
Minister of DefenceAdam al-Hawaz (first)
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (last)
Personnel
Conscription18 months
Active personnel560,000
Reserve personnel900,000+
Expenditures
Budget$1.90 billion (2008 est.)
Percent of GDP1.9% (2008 est.)
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2011 Libyan Civil War
RanksMilitary ranks of Libya

The Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Arabic: القوات المسلحة للجماهيرية العربية الليبية) consisted of the Libyan Army, Libyan Air Force and the Libyan Navy and other services including the People's Militia. In November 2010, before the 2011 Libyan Civil War, the total number of Libyan personnel was estimated at 760,000[2] though that war wore the military's numbers away. There was no separate defence ministry; all defence activities were centralised under Muammar Gaddafi. There was a High Command of the Armed Forces (al-Qiyada al-ulya lil-quwwat al-musallaha).[3] Arms production was limited and manufacturers were state-owned.[4] Colonel Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr was the last minister of defence of the Gaddafi-era military.[5]

  1. ^ A Tragedy of Arms: Military and Security Developments in the Maghreb. Page 220.
  2. ^ IISS Military Balance 2011, p. 7, 320.
  3. ^ Hanspeter Mattes, Challenges to Security Sector Governance in the Middle East: The Libyan Case, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, 2004 <http://se2.dcaf.ch/serviceengine/Files[permanent dead link]>, p. 13.
  4. ^ "Libya defence & security report : including 3-year industry forecasts by BMI". Libya Defence & Security Report (Q4 2010). United Nations: 56–61. ISSN 1749-1517. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Gaub, Florence (2019). "Like father like son: Libyan civil–military relations before and after 2011". Mediterranean Politics. 24 (2): 181–195. doi:10.1080/13629395.2017.1385166. S2CID 158659445.

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