# Muammar Gaddafi (Prime Minister) - Prime Minister of the Libyan Arab Republic

URL: https://allhistories.com/libya/rulers/muammar-gaddafi-pm
Term of office: 16 January 1970 – 16 July 1972
Number in the list: 14
Born-Died: 1942 - 20 October 2011
Dynasty: Military / Arab Socialist Union
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council since the 1969 coup, also took the premiership in January 1970. In this period he secured the evacuation of the British and American bases, expelled the Italian community and founded the Arab Socialist Union as the sole party; he handed the premiership to Abdessalam Jalloud in July 1972 while remaining head of state.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Mahmud Suleiman al-Maghribi](https://allhistories.com/libya/rulers/mahmud-suleiman-al-maghribi)
- Next in list: [Abdessalam Jalloud](https://allhistories.com/libya/rulers/abdessalam-jalloud)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1970 - [British Forces Leave Libya](https://allhistories.com/libya/timeline/1970-british-forces-leave-libya)
- 1970 - [Americans Hand Over Wheelus Air Base](https://allhistories.com/libya/timeline/1970-americans-hand-over-wheelus-air-base)
- 1970 - [Expulsion of the Italian Settlers](https://allhistories.com/libya/timeline/1970-expulsion-of-the-italian-settlers)
- 1971 - [Nationalisation of BP in Libya](https://allhistories.com/libya/timeline/1971-nationalisation-of-bp-in-libya)
- 1972 - [Founding of the Islamic Legion](https://allhistories.com/libya/timeline/1972-founding-of-the-islamic-legion)
- 1972 - [Federation of Arab Republics](https://allhistories.com/libya/timeline/1972-federation-of-arab-republics)