Free Officers Movement (Libya)

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The Free Officers Movement (Libya) was a clandestine group of nationalist military officers led by Muammar Gaddafi that overthrew King Idris and established a republican regime in Libya.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political-military organization
revolutionary movement
activeIn 1960s
afterCoupTransformedInto Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
aimedTo expel foreign military bases from Libya
alsoKnownAs Free Officers Movement (Libya)
surface form: Libyan Free Officers
composedOf Libyan military officers
young army officers
country Libya
dateOfEvent 1969-09-01
followedBy Revolutionary Command Council (Libya)
surface form: Libyan Arab Republic leadership under Gaddafi
goal establishment of a republican regime in Libya
overthrow of King Idris I
headquartersLocation Tripoli
historicalPeriod Cold War
ideology Arab nationalism
Libyan nationalism
republicanism
inspiredBy Egyptian revolution of 1952
surface form: Egyptian Free Officers Movement

Gamal Abdel Nasser
languageOfOrganization Arabic
leader Muammar Gaddafi
legacy brought Muammar Gaddafi to power in Libya
member Abdul Salam Jalloud
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr
Khweldi Hameidi
Muammar Gaddafi
Omar Meheshi
nature clandestine organization
notableFor ending the Senussi monarchy in Libya
opposedTo King Idris I of Libya
Western influence in Libya
monarchy in Libya
overthrewGovernmentOf Libya
surface form: Kingdom of Libya
politicalPosition anti-imperialist
pan-Arabist
precededBy Libya
surface form: Kingdom of Libya
region North Africa
relatedTo Arab nationalism in Libya
1969 Libyan coup d'état
surface form: Libyan Revolution of 1969
resultedIn establishment of the Libyan Arab Republic
seizedControlOf Benghazi
Tripoli
significantEvent 1969 Libyan coup d'état
tookPowerFrom King Idris I while he was abroad
typeOfOrganization secret military committee
usedMethod military coup d'état

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1969 Libyan coup d'état participant Free Officers Movement (Libya)
Revolutionary Command Council (Libya) establishedBy Free Officers Movement (Libya)
this entity surface form: Free Unionist Officers Movement (Libya)
1 September Revolution organizedBy Free Officers Movement (Libya)
1 September Revolution perpetrator Free Officers Movement (Libya)
Free Officers Movement (Libya) alsoKnownAs Free Officers Movement (Libya)
this entity surface form: Libyan Free Officers
Al-Fateh Revolution organizedBy Free Officers Movement (Libya)
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader) memberOf Free Officers Movement (Libya)
subject surface form: Muammar Gaddafi