Consul on April 5, President John Adams. The Consulate closed on May 14, owing to the beginning of the Tripolitan War. The Consulate had re-opened by , when George Davis was U. Although Tripoli ceased to be an independent state after , the consulate remained open until July 22, , when it was closed by order of Congress.
The office re-opened on June 10, , closed again on August 15, , reopened April 24, , closed again March 15, , then reestablished June 6, The office was raised to the rank of Consulate General July 1, Earliest extant date July 6, ; last extant date June 20, Earliest extant date July 31, ; last extant date September 26, John N.
Gatch, Jr. John L. Tappin was appointed Ambassador on the same day, and presented his credentials on November 16, Relations were not formally severed during this time. It became the U. Liaison Office on June 28, with Gregory L. Berry as the Principal Officer. Parliamentary elections were held on February 19, , and supporters of King Idriss I won 37 out of 55 seats in the House of Representatives.
Riots broke out after the NCP claimed election fraud. One individual was killed during the riots. King Idriss I banned political parties following the riots.
Parliamentary sessions were held in Benghazi between March 25 and April 8, and Tripoli between April 27 and August 18, The Libyan government signed a year military agreement with the British government on July 26, Mohammad al-Saqizli formed a government as prime minister on February 18, , but he resigned on April 11, Mustafa Bin Halim formed a government as prime minister on April 12, The Libyan government signed a military agreement with the U.
Al-Sharif was sentenced to death on December 11, , and he was executed on February 6, Parliamentary elections were held on January 17, , and independents won all of the seats in the House of Representatives. Government police and student demonstrators clashed in Benghazi on January 16, , resulting in the deaths of two individuals. Prime Minister Mohieddine Fekini resigned on January 22, , and Mahmud Muntassaer was appointed as prime minister on January 22, Government police and demonstrators clashed in Zavat and Jemel on January 27, , resulting in the deaths of four individuals.
Parliamentary elections were held on October 10, , and independents won all of the seats in the House of Representatives. Parliamentary elections were held on May 8, , and independents won all of the seats in the House of Representatives. The governments of Egypt and Iraq provided diplomatic assistance diplomatic recognition to the RCC on September 1, Suliman Maghribi formed a government as prime minister on September 9, The Libyan government demanded the withdrawal of British military forces from the country on October 29, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi resigned as prime minister, and Major Abdul Salam Jallud formed a government as prime minister on July 16, Abd as-Salam Jallud was named as head of state on April 7, Students demonstrated against the government in Benghazi on March 2, The government suppressed a military rebellion led by Major Bashir Hawadi on August 13, Government troops and students clashed in Benghazi on January , , resulting in the deaths of ten students.
Government troops suppressed student demonstrations on April 7, On April 3, , twenty-two military officers were executed for their involvement in the August military rebellion. The government suppressed a military rebellion in Tobruk on August , , resulting in the deaths of several hundred individuals. NFSL rebels unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli on May 8, , resulting in the deaths of some 80 government soldiers and eight rebels.
The Libyan government accused the governments of Tunisia and Sudan of supporting the rebels, but the countries denied involvement in the assassination attempt on May 11, On June 14, , Amnesty International AI condemned the government for the arrest and torture of hundreds of Libyans following the attempted assassination. Libyan agents unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Hamid Bakoush in Egypt on November 12, On March 31, , the UN Security Council voted to impose economic and military sanctions against the government.
Government troops suppressed a military rebellion in Misrata and Bani Walid in October , resulting the the deaths of several hundred individuals. Several Islamic militants escaped from al-Kuwaifiya prison near Banghazi in March More than 1, inmates at the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli were killed by government troops on June , On January 2, , six government soldiers and two civilians were convicted of treason and sentenced to death for attempting to overthrow the government in October the eight individuals were executed on January 2, Amnesty International AI condemned the government for the executions on January 3, The government declared martial law in the Derna region.
Mohammad Ahmed al-Manqoush was appointed as prime minister on December 29, Mubarak Abdullah al-Shamikh was appointed as prime minister on March 1, The EU lifted military sanctions arms embargo against Libya on October 11, The government released some prisoners, including 85 members of the MB, on March 2, Anti-government protests took place in Bayda, Dema, Benghazi, and other cities beginning on January 13, Fethi Tarbel, a human rights activist, was arrested by government police on February , Conflict Phase February 17, October 23, : Government troops and anti-government rebels engaged in military hostilities beginning on February 17, Anti-government rebels took control of Misrata on February 24, On February 26, , the UN Security Council imposed economic sanctions assets freeze and military sanctions arms embargo against the government of Muammar Gaddafi.
The governments of Britain, France, and the U. Born in an oasis in Cyrenaica in , Sayyid Idris succeeded to the headship of the Senussi in his teens. He spent years in exile in Egypt during the Italian regime and returned to Libya after the Axis powers had been thrown out in We offer to Almighty God our prayers of heartfelt praise and thanksgiving for his blessings and rejoice with the Libyan people upon this happy and historic occasion.
It had no industry and not much agriculture. Idris was over sixty and had no son to succeed him. A cousin he married in had reportedly suffered fourteen miscarriages and the son she finally bore in died after a few hours. Benghazi and Tripoli had to take turns as the capital every two years, to allay the rivalry between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, and the prompt appearance of a mushroom cloud of bureaucrats made the new royal government highly expensive.
The economy was transformed by the discovery of oil later in the s, but the old king threatened to abdicate in and by is said to have been reduced to plotting a coup that would depose him.
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