Allied administration of Libya

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The Allied administration of Libya was the post–World War II military and civil control of Libya by British and French forces before the country gained independence as the Kingdom of Libya in 1951.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interim administration
military occupation
appliesToJurisdiction former Italian Libya
appliesToPart British Military Administration of Cyrenaica
British Military Administration of Tripolitania
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica Governorate
Fezzan
Fezzan
surface form: Fezzan Province

Fezzan
surface form: French Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames

Libyan Desert
Tripolitania
Tripolitania
surface form: Tripolitania Governorate
country Libya
endCause independence of Libya as Kingdom of Libya
endTime 1951
24 December 1951
followedBy Libya
surface form: Kingdom of Libya
follows Italian Libya
Italian colonial rule in Libya
hasCapital Benghazi
Sabha
Tripoli
hasCurrency Algerian new franc
surface form: Algerian franc

British military currency
Egyptian pound
hasEffect creation of conditions for Libyan independence
end of Italian sovereignty over Libya
establishment of Libyan national institutions
hasGovernmentForm military government
military–civil administration
hasLanguage Arabic
English
French
hasReligion Sunni Islam
historyOfTopic decolonization of Africa
history of Libya
legalStatus civil administration
military administration
locatedInTime post–World War II period
occupyingPower France
United Kingdom
partOf Allied occupation of North Africa
post–World War II military occupation of former Axis territories
significantEvent United Nations debates on the future of Libya
preparation of Libyan constitution
transition to independence of Libya
startTime 1943
territoryIncludes Cyrenaican Desert
surface form: Cyrenaican plateau

Fezzan
surface form: Fezzan region

Tripolitania
surface form: Tripolitanian coast

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Libya successor Allied administration of Libya
Governor-General of Italian Libya followedBy Allied administration of Libya
this entity surface form: British Military Administration in Libya
Italian North Africa followedBy Allied administration of Libya
this entity surface form: French Military Administration of Fezzan
British Military Administration of Tripolitania partOf Allied administration of Libya
this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Libya
British Military Administration of Tripolitania followedBy Allied administration of Libya
this entity surface form: independent state of Libya
British Military Administration of Cyrenaica partOf Allied administration of Libya
this entity surface form: British occupation of Libya