| Free Officers movement | |
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| حركة الضباط الأحرار | |
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| Founding leader | Muammar Gaddafi |
| Dates of operation | 1964–1969 |
| Active regions | Kingdom of Libya |
| Ideology | Arab nationalism Republicanism Anti-imperialism Pan-Arabism Arab socialism Nasserism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Opponents | King Idris |
| Battles and wars | 1969 Libyan coup d'état |
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The Free Officers movement (Arabic: حركة الضباط الأحرار) was a group of Arab nationalist and Nasserist officers in the Libyan Army that planned and carried out the 1969 Libyan coup d'état, which overthrew the Senussi monarchy of King Idris I, ending the Libyan monarchy. It was led by a twelve-member cabinet known as the Revolutionary Command Council, whose chairman was Muammar Gaddafi, which came to govern the Libyan Arab Republic.[1]
- ^ Nyrop, Richard F.; Studies, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Area (1973). Area Handbook for Libya. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 39. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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