1993 Libyan coup attempt

1993 Libyan coup d'état attempt
Native name محاولة الانقلاب الليبي ۱۹۹۳
Date22 October 1993
LocationMisurata, Bani Walid, Tripoli (Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
TypeMilitary coup
MotiveOusting of Muammar el-Qaddafi
TargetMuammar Qaddafi
Organised byKhalifa Haftar
ParticipantsMembers of the Warfalla tribe, members of Libyan Army[1]
OutcomeCoup fail
  • Executions of coup affiliates[2]
  • Mass executions of elements from the Libyan army.[3]
  • Decline of Warfalla and Misurata influence in Libyan Political system[4]

The 1993 coup d'état was a failed military coup initiated by the Warfalla senior military officers against Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi on 22 October 1993. The coup was led by Khalifa Haftar, a leading senior officer in the Libyan Army who later defected during the coup.[5] The result was the execution of many senior officers and the installment of loyal members.[6]

  1. ^ "1997 Human Rights Report: Libya".
  2. ^ "Factbox: Gaddafi rule marked by abuses, rights groups say". Reuters. 22 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Factbox: Gaddafi rule marked by abuses, rights groups say". Reuters. 22 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Factbox: Libya's Warfalla tribe". Reuters. September 2011.
  5. ^ "Khalifa Haftar, a hard-headed Libyan warrior". Financial Times. 23 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Libya's conflict: A patchwork of local divisions and regional interests | the Broker". 7 July 2015.