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Tripolitanian Republic

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Tripolitanian Republic
1918–1922
Flag of Tripolitanian Republic
Flag
Tripolitanian Republic in Green
Tripolitanian Republic in Green
Capital‘Aziziya
Common languagesArabic , Berber
Religion
Islam
GovernmentRepublic
Chairman 
• 
Ramadan al-Suwayhili. Ahmad Tahir al-Murayyid[1]
Historical eraInterwar period
• Established
November 16 1918
• Disestablished
1922
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Italian Tripolitania
Italian Tripolitania

Tripolitanian Republic (Arabic: Template:Rtl-lang, al-Jumhuriyat at-Trabulsiya), was an Arab republic that declared the independence of Tripolitania from Italian Libya after World War I.

Background

The proclamation of the Tripolitanian Republic in autumn 1918 was followed by a formal declaration of independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The idea began in the city of Misrata following a meeting of Sulayman al-Baruni, Ramadan Asswehly, Abdul Nabi Belkheir and Ahmad Almarid. This was the first formally declared republican form of government in Libya, but it gained little support from international powers and disintegrated by 1923.

Italy managed to establish full control over Libya by 1930. Originally administered as part of a single colony, Italian Tripolitania was a separate colony from 26 June 1927 to 3 December 1934, when it was merged into Libya.

Further reading

  • Anderson, Lisa (1982). Joffe, George; MacLachlan, Keith (eds.). "The Tripoli Republic". Social and Economic Development of Libya. Wisbeck: Menas Press. ISBN 9780906559109.

References

  1. ^ "Libya". Chiefa Coins. Retrieved 2013-08-23.