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 Libyan Free Officers ⓘ
composedOf Libyan military officers ⓘ
young army officers ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1969-09-01 ⓘ
followedBy 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 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 Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Libya
politicalPosition anti-imperialist ⓘ
pan-Arabist ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
linked to: Libya
region North Africa ⓘ
relatedTo Arab nationalism in Libya ⓘ
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 Unionist Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
linked to: Free Officers Movement (Libya)
1 September Revolution → organizedBy → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
1 September Revolution → perpetrator → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
Free Officers Movement (Libya) → alsoKnownAs → Libyan Free Officers ⓘ
linked to: Free Officers Movement (Libya)
Al-Fateh Revolution → organizedBy → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
Muammar Gaddafi → memberOf → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1972) → politicalContext → Gaddafi-led Free Officers Movement ⓘ
linked to: Free Officers Movement (Libya)
Khweldi Hameidi → memberOf → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
Omar Abdullah al-Meheshi → memberOf → Free Officers Movement in Libya ⓘ
linked to: Free Officers Movement (Libya)
Abd al-Munim al-Huni → memberOf → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
Abdul Salam Jalloud → memberOf → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ
Umar al-Muhayshi → movement → Free Officers Movement (Libya) ⓘ