Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya information
1977–2011 combined military forces of Libya
For the Libyan armed forces of the NTC, see National Liberation Army (Libya). For the modern Libyan military, see Libyan Armed Forces.
Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
القوات المسلحة للجماهيرية العربية الليبية
Coat of arms of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Founded
1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Disbanded
2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Service branches
Libyan Army Libyan Air Force Libyan Navy People's Militia[1]
Headquarters
Tripoli
Leadership
Brotherly Leader
Muammar Gaddafi
Minister of Defence
Adam al-Hawaz (first) Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (last)
Personnel
Conscription
18 months
Active personnel
560,000
Reserve personnel
900,000+
Expenditures
Budget
$1.90 billion (2008 est.)
Percent of GDP
1.9% (2008 est.)
Related articles
History
Military history of Libya Six-Day War 1969 coup d'état Yom Kippur War Egyptian–Libyan War Uganda–Tanzania War Chadian–Libyan War Gulf of Sidra incidents 2011 Libyan Civil War
Ranks
Military 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]
^A Tragedy of Arms: Military and Security Developments in the Maghreb. Page 220.
^IISS Military Balance 2011, p. 7, 320.
^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.
^"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)
^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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