British Military Administration (Libya)

British Military Administration of Libya
Amministrazione Militare Britannica della Libia (Italian)
الإدارة البريطانية العسكرية في ليبيا (Arabic)
1942–1951
Flag of
Map of the allied occupation of Libya showing Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
Map of the allied occupation of Libya showing Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
StatusBritish Military Administration (1943–1950)
British Civil Administration (1950–1951)
CapitalTripoli
Common languagesEnglish, (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 
13 May 1943
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
CurrencyMilitary Authority Lira (Tripolitania)
Egyptian pound (Cyrenaica)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Italian Libya
1949:
Emirate of Cyrenaica
1951:
Kingdom of Libya
Today part ofLibya

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.


Developed by StudentB