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The 1969 Libyan revolution, also known as the al-Fateh Revolution or 1 September Revolution, was a coup d'état and revolution carried out by the Free Officers Movement, a group of Arab nationalist and Nasserist officers in the Libyan Army, which overthrew the Senussi monarchy of King Idris I and resulted in the formation of the Libyan Arab ...
On September 1, 1969, a group of Libyan officers – the "Free Unionist Officers" – under the command of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, overthrew King Idris I of the Kingdom of Libya. [3] After the coup, revolutionary officers established the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC), a body originally conceived as a collective leadership government.
By 1969, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was expecting parts of the Libyan Armed Forces to launch a coup. Although they claimed that they knew of Gaddafi's Free Officers movement, they have since ignored it, stating that they were instead monitoring Abdul Aziz Shalhi 's Black Boots revolutionary group.
Muammar Gaddafi dominated Libya's politics for four decades and was the subject of a pervasive cult of personality.He was decorated with various awards and praised for his anti-imperialist stance, support for Arab—and then African—unity, as well as for significant development to the country following the discovery of oil reserves.
Idris, the last King of Libya. A bloodless coup d'état ousted King Idris I of Libya and replaced it with a 12-member group of young officers who formed the Revolutionary Command Council that implemented an end to the traditional rule of older families; soon, the leader of the Council would be identified as a 27-year-old Libyan Army colonel, Muammar Gaddafi. [1]
Light show in Tripoli on 25 August. A plane flying over Tripoli's Corinthia Hotel during an air show rehearsal on 30 August.. The coup, known officially as the al-Fateh Revolution or the 1 September Revolution, was carried out by group of Libyan Army officers led by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, known as the Free Officers Movement.
1 September. A young officer named Muammar Gaddafi led a coup that overthrew King Idris's monarchy. 7 September. Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi is appointed prime minister. 8 September. Gaddafi is appointed commander-in-chief of the Libyan Armed Forces. 1969–70 Libyan Premier League
The 1969 Constitutional Proclamation granted the RCC powers to declare war, conclude and ratify treaties, appoint diplomatic envoys, receive diplomatic missions, proclaim martial law, control the Libyan Armed Forces and appoint a Council of Ministers. By 1975, Gaddafi became the only member of the RCC to initiate major political programs or ...