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Which king was removed in Muammar al-Qaddafi’s 1969 coup?
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The king who was removed in the 1969 coup led by Muammar al-Qaddafi was Idris I.12
Idris I served as the first king of Libya following the country's independence in 1951. On September 1, 1969, while Idris was abroad in Turkey for medical treatment, a group of army officers led by Qaddafi seized control of the government, effectively ending the monarchy. Following the coup, Idris went into exile in Egypt, where he remained until his death in 1983.123