Aguila Saleh Issa

Rule Changes

Active; pushing for elections via specialized committee rather than unified government

Libya has not had a single national budget since 2013, with two rival governments—one in Tripoli, one in the east—spending the country's oil wealth through separate, competing channels with no shared oversight. On April 11, 2026, representatives of both legislatures signed a US-mediated agreement on a unified 190 billion Libyan dinar (roughly $30 billion) budget covering four categories of state spending: salaries, development, subsidies, and operations.

Updated May 31