Sidi Rezegh, Libya was named after Sidi Rezegh whose tomb became a mosque.
The European country that colonized Libya was Italy and in 1947 Italy lost Libya as a result of WWII.
Italy.
There are no leaders of Libya yet. It is being figured out in the vacuum of power following Gadaffi being ejected.
Libya is now run under a provisional government called the General National Congress, whose head is the nominal chief executive. As of June 25, 2013, this was Nouri Abusahmain.The prime minister of Libya (since 2012) is Ali Zeidan.
Libya is now run under a provisional government called the General National Congress, whose head is the nominal chief executive. As of June 25, 2013, this was Nouri Abusahmain.The prime minister of Libya (since 2012) is Ali Zeidan.
Moamar Ghadafi
As of the date of his murder in October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi had been in power in Libya for 42 years.
He came to power by launching a military coup d'etat, overthrowing his boss, the pro-Western Libyan King Idris I and became Libya's dictator.
A country whose ruler has unlimited power is called an autocracy.
There is a war in Libya because many of the citizens want Godaffi to give up his political power, and to establish a new form of government that they believe to be more fair to its people.
"Ya Beladi"or "Libya, Libya, Libya" is the current national anthem of Libya. Wikipedia article site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya,_Libya,_Libya