1977 in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 1977 in Libya.

• Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution: Muammar Gaddafi

• Prime Minister:
• Abdessalam Jalloud (until 2 March)
• Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (starting 2 March)

• 1 March – Abdul Ati al-Obeidi is appointed General Secretary of the General People's Committee.
• 2 March – Following the Libyan Revolution of 1969 against King Idris of Libya on 1 September 1969, Muammar Gaddafi published The Green Book in 1975 to outline his Third Universal Theory.

• Demonstrators attack Egypt's embassy.^[1]

• Libyan protesters begin a "March on Cairo" as they heads towards the Egyptian border. The Libyans wanted to demonstrate against the increasing likelihood that Egypt would enter into a peace treaty with Israel.

• 21 July – gun battles between Egyptian and Libyan forces on the border, followed by land and air strikes
• 24 July – armistice. Libyan casualties were 400 dead or wounded, while Egyptian casualties were roughly 100 dead.

• An agreement to exchange prisoners of war leads to a relaxation of tension between the two states

• Libya officially leaves the Federation of Arab Republics

• 2 december 1977 – a Tupolev Tu-154 runs out of fuel near Benghazi. A total of 59 passengers are killed in the crash.

• 1977–78 Libyan Premier League