Idris of Libya

Idris was proclaimed King of the newly independent United Kingdom of Libya. His reign established a constitutional monarchy and aligned Libya with the West, granting military bases to the United States and Britain.

While undergoing medical treatment in Turkey, King Idris was overthrown in a bloodless military coup led by Muammar Gaddafi. The coup ended the Libyan monarchy and ushered in decades of Gaddafi's rule.

Idris died in Cairo, Egypt, where he had lived in exile since his overthrow. His death marked the end of the Senussi dynasty's political influence in Libya, though the family remained a symbol of the pre-Gaddafi era.