The following lists events that happened during

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

in Libya.

Incumbents

* Prime Minister:

Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi ( ar, جاد الله عزوز الطلحي; born 1939) is a Libyan diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Libya for two terms. Education Born in 1939, Talhi obtained a geology degree from Louvain Universi ...

(until 16 February),

Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab ( ar, محمد الزروق رجب) (born 1940) was a former Head of State and General Secretary of the People's Committee (Prime Minister) in Libya. Rajab was General Secretary of the General People's Congress from Janu ...

(starting 16 February)

Events

March

* Four Libyan nationals are arrested in London on charges following explosions at Manchester and Heathrow airports. Diplomatic relations between Britain and Libya were broken. Four British are taken hostage in retaliation.

April

* 30 April -

Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by ''The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spellin ...

proposes a mutual withdrawal of both French and Libyan forces from

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

, ending

Operation Manta Operation Manta was a French military intervention in Chad between 1983 and 1984, during the Chadian–Libyan conflict. The operation was prompted by the invasion of Chad by a joint force of Libyan units and Chadian Transitional Government of Nat ...

. The offer was accepted, and four months later, Mitterrand and Gaddafi met on September 17, announcing that the troop withdrawal would start on September 25, and be completed by November 10.

June

* 5 June - Al-Sadek Hamed Al-Shuwehdy is publicly executed in an open air basketball stadium. Huda the executioner became notorious to the nation that day, when she completed the imperfect execution act.

August

* 13 August - signing of the

Oujda Treaty The Oujda Treaty (also known as the Arabic–African Federation Treaty) was signed on 13 August 1984 between King Hassan II of Morocco and Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. It was approved by Moroccan voters in a referendum on 31 August, and by the Libyan ...

aiming to establish a "union of states" between the Libya and Morocco, and eventually to create a "Great Arab Maghreb". * 28 August - Gaddafi lays the foundation stone in Sarir area for the commencement of the construction of the

Great Man-Made River The Great Man-Made River (GMMR, ) is a network of pipes that supplies fresh water obtained from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil aquifer across Libya. It is the world's largest irrigation project. The project utilizes a pipeline system ...

Project.

References

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