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Muammar Gaddafi's Libya
Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army (1951–2011), Libyan Army officers against Idris of Libya, King Idris I in a 1969 Libyan revolution, bloodless coup d'état. When Idris was in Turkey for medical treatment, the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council, Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) headed by Gaddafi abolished the Kingdom of Libya, monarchy and the Constitution of Libya (1951), constitution and established the Libyan Arab Republic, with the motto "Unity, Freedom, Socialism". The name of Libya was changed several times during Gaddafi's tenure as leader. From 1969 to 1977, the name was the Libyan Arab Republic. In 1977, the name was changed to Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. ''Third International Theory, Jamahiriya'' was a term coined by Gaddafi, usually translated as "state of the masses". The country was renamed again in 1986 as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Libya (1977-2011)
The national flag of Libya () was originally introduced in 1951, following the creation of the Kingdom of Libya. It was designed by Omar Faiek Shennib and approved by Idris of Libya, King Idris Al Senussi who comprised the UN delegation representing the three regions of Cyrenaica, Fezzan, and Tripolitania at UN unification discussions. The flag was abolished following the fall of the Kingdom in 1969, and the leader Muammar al-Gaddafi had implemented a few other different flags since then, but it was ultimately readopted by the National Transitional Council following the fall of Gaddafi on 3 August 2011. The flag consists of a Triband (flag), triband Pan-African colours#The UNIA colours, red-black-green design, the central black band being twice the width of the outer bands. A white star and crescent is located in the center of the flag. History The first Libyan flag design was based on the banner of the Senussi dynasty from Cyrenaica, which consisted of a black field and star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
