Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi ( SINCE THAT DAY WE DIDNOT SEE AHAPPY DAY ) HE IS IN POWER FOR 40 YEARS NOW AND HE MIGHT STAY FOR ANTHER 40 YEARS .
The first president in Libya was ZAKIA HUSSAIN (180BC-280BC)
There was no President before Gaddafi. He overthrew King Idris I of Libya, a monarch.
King Idris of Libya was overthrown in a coup led by Muammar Gaddafi in 1969. After his ousting, he went into exile and lived in various countries, including Egypt and Turkey. He died on May 25, 1983, in Cairo, Egypt, from natural causes, specifically complications related to diabetes.
There was no President before Gaddafi. He overthrew King Idris I of Libya, a monarch.
On 24 December 1951, Libya declared its independence as the United Kingdom of Libya, a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris.
There wasn't a president but a king and his name was King Idris. King Idris had no male heir so he appointed his brother's son as his heir. Qaddafi led a coup to overthrow the King one single day before the brother's son was due to become King. That son, now known as a Prince, has indicated that he will be returning to Libya to help with the new government.
King Idris I (Libya was independent on December 24, 1951 after Allied occupation during World War II)
Libya was given back to it's previous ruler, King Idris. He later lost it when his Army, led by Colonel Gadaffi, overthrew him.
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.
In a bloodless coup on September 1, 1969, against King Idris.
King Idris I was born on March 12, 1889.
No, it does not. After independence King Idris took over, then 18 years later, power was seized by a faction of the army led by Moamar Gadaffi.