Free Officers movement (Libya)

Free Officers movement
حركة الضباط الأحرار
Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1972)
Founding leader	Muammar Gaddafi
Dates of operation	1964–1969
Active regions	Kingdom of Libya
Ideology	Arab nationalism Republicanism Anti-imperialism Pan-Arabism Arab socialism Nasserism
Political position	Left-wing
Slogan	Unity, Freedom, Socialism[1]
Opponents	King Idris
Battles and wars	1969 Libyan coup d'état
Succeeded by Revolutionary Command Council

This article is part of a series about Muammar Gaddafi
Personal Early life and career Arab nationalism Nasserism Third International Theory The Green Book Escape to Hell Killing International reactions Reception and legacy Loyalism Awards and honours Affiliations Free Officers Arab Socialist Union Revolutionary Command Council General People's Committee Libya under Muammar Gaddafi Politics [[Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolutionary ]] Secretary General of the General People's Congress Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Prime Minister of Libya Chairperson of the African Union Military (Armed Forces) 1969 Libyan revolution Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Egyptian–Libyan War Chadian–Libyan War Action in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986 1986 United States bombing of Libya Toyota War First Libyan Civil War NATO invasion of Libya Leadership (History) Libyan Arab Republic Federation of Arab Republics Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1970 expulsion of Italians from Libya 1973 oil crisis Cultural Revolution Weapons of mass destruction West Berlin discotheque bombing Lockerbie bombing UTA Flight 772 Support for rebel and paramilitary groups Elections and referendums 1971 Libyan Federation of Arab Republics referendum
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The Free Officers movement (Arabic: حركة الضباط الأحرار) was a group of Arab nationalist and Nasserist officers in the Libyan Army that planned and carried out the 1969 Libyan coup d'état, which overthrew the Senussi monarchy of King Idris I, ending the Libyan monarchy. It was led by a twelve-member cabinet known as the Revolutionary Command Council, whose chairman was Muammar Gaddafi, which came to govern the Libyan Arab Republic.^[2]