Bashir Saadawi ( ar, بشير السعداوي, ; 1884 – 17 January 1957) was a

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

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and the founder and leader of the Libyan National Congress Party.الدكتور المفتي: السعداوى والمؤتمر بين التمجيد والنسيان طبعة 2005/ Bashir Saadawi was one of the major figures who contributed to

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. However, after King Idris I was crowned as

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, all parties were disbanded and Saadawi was exiled to

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where he lived for the rest of his life, dying there on 17 January 1957. His body was returned to be buried in Libya in 1970.

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1884 births 1957 deaths Libyan politicians {{Libya-politician-stub