United Kingdom of Libya (1951–1963) المملكة الليبية المتحدة(Arabic) Regno Unito di Libia(Italian)Kingdom of Libya (1963–1969)
المملكة الليبية(Arabic) Regno di Libia(Italian)
1951–1969
Flag
Coat of arms
Anthem: "Libya, Libya, Libya"
Capital
Tripoli
Benghazi
Bayda[a]
Common languages
Arabic
Italian
Religion
Islam
Government
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy (1951–1963) Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy (1963–1969)
Monarch
• 1951–1969
Idris I
Crown Prince Regent
• 1962
Hasan
Prime Minister
• 1951–1954 (first)
Mahmud al-Muntasir
• 1968–1969 (last)
Wanis al-Qaddafi
Legislature
Parliament
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
House of Representatives
History
• Independence from Italy
24 December 1951
• Coup d'état
1 September 1969
Currency
Libyan pound
ISO 3166 code
LY
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Emirate of Cyrenaica
British Military Administration
French Military Administration
Libyan Arab Republic
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Ancient history
3200–146 BC
Roman era
146 BC – mid-7C
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mid-7c–1510
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1510–1530
Hospitaller Tripoli
1530–1551
Ottoman Tripolitania
1551–1911
Italian colonization: Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
1911–1934
Italian Libya
1934–1943
Allied occupation
1943–1951
Kingdom of Libya
1951–1969
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1969–2011
First Civil War
2011
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2011–2012
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2012–2014
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2014–present
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2014–2020
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2016–2021
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2021–present
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The Kingdom of Libya (Arabic: المملكة الليبية, romanized: Al-Mamlakah Al-Lībiyya, lit. 'Libyan Kingdom'; Italian: Regno di Libia), known as the United Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1963, was a constitutional monarchy in North Africa that came into existence upon independence on 24 December 1951 and lasted until a bloodless coup d'état on 1 September 1969. The coup, led by Muammar Gaddafi, overthrew King Idris and established the Libyan Arab Republic.
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