The following lists events that happened in 2000 in Libya.
Incumbents President: Muammar al-Gaddafi Prime Minister: Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (until 1 March), Imbarek Shamekh (starting 1 March)
Events
January
13 January - 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash
March
2 March - Imbarek Shamekh is appointed Secretary of the General People's Committee.
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.Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2000 - Libya, -, 1 June 2000, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/amnesty/2000/en/24436 [accessed 24 July 2025]
April
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. 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.
August
Mohammad 'Ali al-Bakoush, detained without charge since 1989, dies in Abu Salim Prison reportedly due to poor detention conditions.
September
15 September - 1 October: 2000 Summer Olympics - Libya competes at the Sydney Olympics with three athletes in judo, taekwondo, and marathon, winning no medals. 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.
The government expels hundreds of sub-Saharan workers following mob violence and attacks on their residences and workplaces.
October
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). References