British Military Administration (Libya)

British Military Administration of Libya Amministrazione Militare Britannica della Libia (Italian) الإدارة البريطانية العسكرية في ليبيا (Arabic)
1942–1951
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Map of the allied occupation of Libya showing Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
Status	British Military Administration (1943–1950) British Civil Administration (1950–1951)
Capital	Tripoli
Common languages	English, (Official) Italian, Arabic
Chief Administrator (Tripolitania)
• 1943-1951	Travers Blackley
Chief Administrator (Cyrenaica)
• 1942–1945	Duncan Cumming
• 1945–1946	Peter Acland
• 1946–1948	James Haugh
• 1948 (acting)	Arthur Parker
• 1948–1949	Eric de Candole
History
• Allied occupation of Libya	13 May 1943
• Italy relinquishes Libya	10 February 1947
• Emirate of Cyrenaica created	1 March 1949
• UN administration	10 December 1949
• Joined Cyrenaica and Fezzan-Ghadames to form the Kingdom of Libya (with autonomy)	24 December 1951
• Autonomy ended	27 April 1963
Currency	Military Authority Lira (Tripolitania) Egyptian pound (Cyrenaica)
Preceded by Succeeded by Italian Libya 1949: Emirate of Cyrenaica 1951: Kingdom of Libya
Today part of	Libya

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The British Military Administration of Libya was the control of the regions of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania of the former Italian Libya by the British from 1943 until Libyan independence in 1951. It was part of the Allied administration of Libya.