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Idris of Libya

1889 - 1983

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Idris (Arabic: إدريس, romanized: Idrīs, Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi; 13 March 1890 – 25 May 1983) was King of Libya from 24 December 1951 until his ousting in the 1 September 1969 coup d'état. He ruled over the United Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1963, after which the country became known as simply the Kingdom of Libya. Idris had served as Emir of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania from the 1920s until 1951. He was the chief of the Muslim Senussi Order. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Idris of Libya is the 1,694th most popular politician (down from 1,215th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Libya (down from 10th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Libyan Politician.

Idris of Libya was most famous for being the King of Libya from 1951 to 1969. He was overthrown in a coup in 1969 and died in exile in Egypt in 1983.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Idris of Libya ranks 1,694 out of 19,576. Before him are Masoud Barzani, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Pupienus, Carlos I of Portugal, Levi Eshkol, and Pescennius Niger. After him are Afonso IV of Portugal, Abdul Latif Rashid, Christian III of Denmark, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Musaylimah, and Léon Blum.

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Among people born in 1889, Idris of Libya ranks 21. Before him are Arnold J. Toynbee, Igor Sikorsky, Thomas Midgley Jr., Manuel II of Portugal, Claude Rains, and Gabriela Mistral. After him are Carl von Ossietzky, Gabriel Marcel, Han van Meegeren, Louise Mountbatten, Otto Frank, and Risto Ryti. Among people deceased in 1983, Idris of Libya ranks 11. Before him are Luis Buñuel, Umberto II of Italy, Leopold III of Belgium, Hergé, Albert Claude, and Felix Bloch. After him are Jon Brower Minnoch, John Vorster, Tennessee Williams, Benigno Aquino Jr., David Niven, and Arthur Koestler.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Idris of Libya ranks 12 out of 76. Before him are Aristippus (-434), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Pope Victor I (100), and Omar Mukhtar (1858). After him are Khalifa Haftar (1943), Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Mustafa Abdul Jalil (1952), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), and Theodorus the Atheist (-340).

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Among POLITICIANS In Libya

Among politicians born in Libya, Idris of Libya ranks 4. Before him are Muammar Gaddafi (1942), Septimius Severus (145), and Simon of Cyrene (-100). After him are Mustafa Abdul Jalil (1952), Aguila Saleh Issa (1944), Mahmoud Jibril (1952), Fayez al-Sarraj (1960), Ali Zeidan (1950), Baghdadi Mahmudi (1945), Hodierna of Jerusalem (1110), and Gaius Fulvius Plautianus (150).

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