Be the Mayor of Tripoli

Tripoli, Libya · 11 people · Heritage City

The Tripoli City Council and the Government of National Unity coordinate Libya's capital — managing the UNESCO-protected Old City Medina and the 2nd-century Roman Arch of Marcus Aurelius, operating the Port of Tripoli as the primary import gateway for food and consumer goods, maintaining water supply from the Great Man-Made River pipeline system, and administering urban infrastructure across a city navigating successive phases of political transition since 2011.

The seat for Tripoli on the Board of Mayors is open. Seat #1 is yours to take.

The city

Landmark: Arch of Marcus Aurelius & Medina of Tripoli.

• The Tripoli City Council administers the Great Man-Made River connection — a Gaddafi-era engineering project piping fossil water 1,600 km from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System beneath the Saharan Desert to coastal cities, one of the world's largest water infrastructure projects — whose maintenance now requires coordination between municipal engineers, national water authority remnants, and international technical assistance teams across fragmented governance structures.
• The Tripoli Medina contains the Arch of Marcus Aurelius — a 2nd-century Roman triumphal arch still standing inside the active souq district of the Old City — requiring heritage officers to manage archaeological preservation of the arch and surrounding Roman foundations alongside a functioning market, coordinate UNESCO-supported conservation of Ottoman-era mosques and caravanserais, and balance heritage zoning with the commercial pressures of one of Libya's densest residential and trading districts.

How a term works

Take office and every day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is scored on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, inside a real budget, and every mayor's work adds to Tripoli's own record on the Board of Mayors. You are not alone in office: message and chat with other mayors, form a council with friends, trade with nearby cities and send aid. Cities rise together: there is no losing city.

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