Libyan passport
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Type of document | Passport |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility requirements | Libyan citizenship |
The Libyan passport is issued to citizens of Libya for international travel.
History
The Libyan passport design has been changed at least three times. With the recent change in the Libyan government and the fall of the Gaddafi regime, the passport of Libya can be expected to be redesigned once again in the near future.[1]
Kingdom of Libya
During the last days of the Kingdom of Libya, the Libyan passport was valid to the countries shown below:
All Arab countries, Pakistan, Iran, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Somaliland, Ethiopia, Cyprus, Malta, India, Japan, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, (West) Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the United States.
Libyan Arab Republic
After the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic by Gaddafi on September 1, 1969, the Libyan passport had over time become valid to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union (Russia), and Romania.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
In the early 1990s, the Libyan passport was valid to all countries in the world, except South Africa, and what was claimed as the "occupied Palestine" (which included the Palestinian territories and Israel).
Nowadays, all countries except Palestine and Israel are claimed valid by the Libyan passport.
- Passport of the Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)
- Passport of the Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)
- Passport of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)
- Passport of the State of Libya (2011-)