1979 in Libya

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See also:	Other events of 1979; List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 1979 in Libya.

Incumbents

the General People's Congress declares that the "vesting of power in the masses" and the "separation of the state from the revolution" is complete. The government is divided between the "Jamahiriya sector" and the "revolutionary sector". The "Jamahiriya sector" is composed of the General People's Congress, the General People's Committee, and the local Basic People's Congresses. Muammar Gaddafi relinquishes his position as general secretary of the General People's Congress, as which he was succeeded by Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, but remains supreme commander of the armed forces. The "Jamahiriya sector" is overseen by the "revolutionary sector", headed by Gaddafi as "Leader of the Revolution" .

26 June - 2,500 Libyan troops invade Chad, heading for Faya-Largeau. The Libyans are forced to retreat by the intervention of French airplanes.

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Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)