1969 in Libya

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1969; List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 1969 in Libya.

Incumbents

Monarch: Idris (abdicated 8 September)
Prime Minister: Wanis al-Qaddafi (until 31 August), Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi (starting 8 September)

1 September. A young officer named Muammar Gaddafi led a coup that overthrew King Idris's monarchy.
7 September. Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi is appointed prime minister.
8 September. Gadaffi is appointed commander-in-chief of the Libyan Armed Forces.

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1969 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)