 In July 2012, elections were held to form a new General National Congress (GNC), which officially took over governance from the NTC in August.The GNC elected Mohammed Magariaf as president of the chamber, and Mustafa A.G. Abushagur as Prime Minister; when Abushagur failed to gain congressional approval, the GNC elected Ali Zeidan to the position.In January 2013, the GNC officially renamed the "Jamahiriyah" as the "State of Libya".