Elections for a General National Congress (GNC) were held in
Libya on 7 July 2012, having been postponed from 19 June. Once elected, the
General National Congress will appoint a
Prime Minister and
Cabinet. The GNC was originally to be charged with appointing a Constituent Assembly to draw up Libya's new constitution, but the
National Transitional Council announced on 5 July that the Assembly would instead be directly elected at a later date.