2000 in Libya

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List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 2000 in Libya.

## Incumbents

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* President: Muammar al-Gaddafi
* Prime Minister: Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (until 1 March), Imbarek Shamekh (starting 1 March)

## Events

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### January

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* 13 January - 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash

### March

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* 2 March - Imbarek Shamekh is appointed Secretary of the General People's Committee.[1]

* Six Libyan nationals are sentenced in absentia by the Court of Assizes in Paris to life imprisonment for the 1989 bombing of a French UTA airliner over Niger.[2]

### April

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* 7 April - The Egyptian Court of Cassation suspends a Cairo Court of Appeals ruling ordering compensation to the wife of disappeared Libyan opposition leader Mansour Kikhiya.[2]
* The UN Security Council suspends the international air embargo and other sanctions against Libya after two suspects for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing trial are handed over.[2]

### August

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* Mohammad 'Ali al-Bakoush, detained without charge since 1989, dies in Abu Salim Prison reportedly due to poor detention conditions.[2]

### September

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* 15 September - 1 October: 2000 Summer Olympics \- Libya competes at the Sydney Olympics with three athletes in judo, taekwondo, and marathon, winning no medals.[3]
* 30 September - Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi publicly invites Amnesty International and other human rights groups to visit Libya, denying the existence of political prisoners.[2]

* The government expels hundreds of sub-Saharan workers following mob violence and attacks on their residences and workplaces.[4]

### October

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* 18–29 October: 2000 Summer Paralympics \- Libya sends its largest-ever delegation (17 athletes across 3 sports) to the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics. Abdelrahim Hamed wins Libya's first-ever Paralympic medal, a bronze, in the men's +100 kg powerlifting event (lifting 235 kg).[5][6]

## Births

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## References

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1. ^ "CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Libya". user.iiasa.ac.at. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
2. ^ a b c d e Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2000 - Libya, -, 1 June 2000, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/amnesty/2000/en/24436 [accessed 24 July 2025]
3. ^ "Libya at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
4. ^ "Report on Human Rights Practices for 2000--Libya". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
5. ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
6. ^ "DEVELOPING COUNTRY PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY SPORT COMPETITION: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE" (PDF).

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* Pre-1943
* 1943
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2000 in Africa

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* 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 (Côte d'Ivoire)
* 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
*   *   * Sudan
*   * Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
*   * Zambia
*   *   * Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Anjouan
*   *   *   * Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Ascension Island
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*   *   *   *   * Réunion
*   * Saint Helena
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Tristan da Cunha
*   *   * Western Sahara

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