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 ⓘ
capital Benghazi ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ
constitutionAdopted 1951 Constitution of Libya ⓘ
constitutionRevised 1963 Constitution amendment ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
countryName Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
linked to: 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 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 United Nations trusteeship arrangements ⓘ
linked to: UN Trust Territory
independenceProclaimedIn Benghazi ⓘ
initialPoliticalStructure federal monarchy ⓘ
internationalStatus independent state ⓘ
kingResidence Al-Manar Palace, Benghazi ⓘ
laterPoliticalStructure unitary monarchy ⓘ
legislature 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 ⓘ
French Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames ⓘ
linked to: Fezzan

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

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

Fezzan → historicalPeriod → Kingdom of Libya era ⓘ
Al-Manar Palace, Benghazi → associatedWith → Libyan monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Libya era
Al-Manar Palace, Benghazi → associatedWith → Kingdom of Libya’s early statehood ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Libya era
Senate of Libya → establishedInPeriod → Kingdom of Libya era ⓘ
Libyan Navy → establishedInPeriod → Kingdom of Libya era ⓘ