Kingdom of Libya era

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The Kingdom of Libya era was the monarchical period from 1951 to 1969 when Libya, including regions like Fezzan, was an independent kingdom under King Idris I before the 1969 coup.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
alliance Arab League
United Nations
allowedMilitaryBasesOf United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
capital Benghazi
Tripoli
constitutionAdopted 1951 Constitution of Libya
constitutionRevised 1963 Constitution amendment
country Libya
countryName Libya
surface form: Kingdom of Libya
coupLeader Muammar Gaddafi
currency Libyan pound
economicBasis agriculture
economicChange discovery of oil
endDate 1969-09-01
endedBy 1969 Libyan coup d'état
federalSystemAbolished 1963
firstAndOnlyKing King Idris I of Libya
surface form: Idris I of Libya
flagDescription horizontal tricolour of red black and green with white crescent and star
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-Western
governmentType constitutional monarchy
headOfStateTitle King
includedRegion Cyrenaica
Fezzan
Tripolitania
independenceFrom UN Trust Territory
surface form: United Nations trusteeship arrangements
independenceProclaimedIn Benghazi
initialPoliticalStructure federal monarchy
internationalStatus independent state
kingResidence Al-Manar Palace, Benghazi
laterPoliticalStructure unitary monarchy
legislature General People's Congress (Libya)
surface form: Parliament of Libya
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Libya
nationalDayDuringEra Independence Day on 24 December
officialLanguage Arabic
oilDiscoveryPeriod late 1950s
oilExportStart early 1960s
predecessor British Military Administration of Cyrenaica
British Military Administration of Tripolitania
Fezzan
surface form: French Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames

Italian Libya
recognizedBy United Nations
religion Sunni Islam
startDate 1951-12-24
successor Libya
surface form: Libyan Arab Republic
UNMembershipDate 1955-12-14
upperHouse Senate of Libya

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Fezzan historicalPeriod Kingdom of Libya era