The National Transitional Council (NTC), formed in February 2011 at the start of the Libyan uprising, will officially hand over power to the National Congress on Wednesday night.

The transfer of power will be marked with an official ceremony to be held at the conference centre adjoining the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli.

The new elected body consists of 200 members, of whom 120 are independent candidates and 80 are affiliated to political parties. It will be expected to name a Prime Minister and a new cabinet within around a month of its first sitting.