VOL. XLIV

No. 14

2-APRIL-2001

LIBYA

Libya Splits Ministries, Approves 2001 Budget And Establishes Economic Policies

Libyas General Peoples Congress (GPC), the Libyan parliament, on 22 March split the Ministry of Economy and Finance into two portfolios and appointed a new governor of the Central Bank. During meetings to discuss and endorse resolutions passed last year by the Basic Peoples Congress, the GPC approved the government budget and outlined the countrys economic agenda. Libyan state...