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Libya
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Indepedent Nation (Political)
On November 21, 1949, the UN General Assembly decides that Libya needs to become independent before January 1, 1952. King Idris went to the UN negotiations to represent Libya. Then on December 24th, 1951, Libya is declared an independent united kingdom by the UN under the control of King Idris al-Sanusi (Political) -
LAS (Social)
Since becoming an independent nation, Libya's foreign policies had thrived. As a country, they maintained a pro-Western feel and were recognized as being conservative traditionalist. This led to Libya being admitted to the League of Arab States (Social) -
Oil (Economic)
Libya discovers oil reserves which becomes 95% of the country's export earnings. The earnings following the discovery of oil led the poor country of Libya to become a very wealthy state. But even though the oil earnings increased the country's wealth dramatically, most Libyans still lived at or below the national poverty line. (Economic) -
King overthrown (Political)
King Idris is overthrown in a bloodless revolution by the "Coup" led by Qaddafi. This launched the Libyan revolution. Quaddafi then becamesthe new leader of Libya (Political) -
Qaddafi declares revolution (Political)
Qaddafi declares a "cultural revolution." This forms the "people's committees" in schools, hospitals, universities, workplaces and administrative districts (Political) -
Islamic Arab Republic (Social)
Libya and Tunisia proposed the union state called the "Islamic Arab Republic." This was agreed upon Qaddafi and Habib Bourguiba. Unfortunately, this unification never took place (Social) -
"People's Revolution" (Economic)
Qadaffi declares a "people's revolution". He changes the name of the country from the Libyan Arab Republic to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah. He sets up a "revolutionary committee" creating the start of chaos, economic decline and general overenthusiasm (Economic) -
Conflicts (Social)
Libya's relations with the US begin to weaken. On May 6, the US ordered the closing of the Libyan People's bureau. Then on August 19, the US shoots down two Libyan aircrafts,/ This challenged warplanes over the Gulf of Sirte which Libya had claimed as its territory (Social) -
Arab Maghreb Union (Political)
Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia form the Arab Maghreb Union. This was a trade agreement for economic and political unity in North Africa. Currently, this agreement is suspended due to conflicts between Morocco and Algeria (Political) -
First Auction (Economic)
Libya has it's first oil and gas auction. This leads to the return of US energy companies for the first time in over 20 years. (Economic) -
Anti-Quadaffi Campaign Begins (Political)
Human right's campaigner arrested spreading violent protests to Libyan cities. Authorities use aircrafts and attack protestors. Some protestors resign and Qaddafi insists he will not quit and will remain in control (Political) -
UN calls of Qadaffi (Political)
UN Security Council creates a no-fly zone over Libya to protect citizens commanded by the NATO. This leads to a conference between the world powers who call of Quadaffi to quit (Political) -
Qadaffi Arrested (Political)
International Criminal Court arrests Qaddaffi for crimes against humanity following "widespread and systematic attacks" on Libyan citizens (Political)
