Libyan Arab Republic

State · 1969–2013 CE · at its largest around 1973 CE

Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, who seized power from King Idris in 1969 and later reorganised the state as the Jamahiriya. His regime fell during the 2011 civil war and NATO intervention.

On its lands while it lasted

• Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942 CE – 2011 CE): Seized power in a 1969 coup and ruled Libya for 42 years until he was overthrown and killed in the 2011 civil war.
• Libyan civil war (2011 CE): An uprising that began in Benghazi, supported by NATO air strikes, overthrew Muammar Gaddafi's government.

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