Libya’s first elected prime minister since the fall of Gaddafi, Mustafa Abu Shagur has been dismissed after failing to win a parliamentary vote on a new cabinet.
The prime minister wanted to establish an “emergency government” with just 10 ministries.
"In face of the dangers threatening the country, I present to you a crisis government restricted to 10 ministers, rejecting all geographical considerations," Mr Shagur told the General National Congress before the vote.
He lost the vote 44 to 125 while seventeen members abstained.
The GNC has to elect a new premier in three to four weeks.