following lists events that happened during 1980 in Libya. Prime Minister: Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi April 15 - Libya recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic...

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the...

of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. When Idris was in Turkey...

Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, until 2011. In 2011, "Libya, Libya, Libya" was declared as the new national anthem of Libya by the National Transitional...

affiliations, as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. The Libyan population resides in the country of Libya, a territory located on the Mediterranean...

Libya one of the highest nominal per capita GDP in Africa. After 2000, Libya recorded favorable growth rates with an estimated 10.6% growth of GDP in...

The Libya national football team (Arabic: منتخب لِيْبيَا لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Libya in men's international association football and it is controlled...

northern Chad in 1968. The conflict was marked by a series of four separate Libyan interventions in Chad, taking place in 1978, 1979, 1980–1981 and 1983–1987...

Oil reserves in Libya are the largest in Africa, and among the ten largest oil reserves globally with 46.4 billion barrels (7.38×10^9 m3) of proven oil...

Libya (Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after...

the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between the 16th and 25th meridians east, including...

of its history, Libya has been subjected to varying degrees of foreign control, from Europe, Asia, and Africa. The history of Libya comprises six distinct...

The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 1980. The Republican nominee, former...

Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing ten days earlier, which U.S. President Ronald Reagan blamed on Libyan leader...

2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011. He came...

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1980. The United States and the United Kingdom assisted Libya in removing equipment and material from its...

to Libya is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Libya. Until its independence in 1951, Libya had...

(Arabic pronunciation: [diːˈnɑːr]); sign: LD in Latin, ل.د in Arabic; code: LYD) is the official currency of Libya. The dinar is divided into 1,000 dirhams...

The Libyan Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya to the...

(CAT). Libya has observed EET since 5 November 2012, after it was announced in 2013 that Libya would be on permanent daylight saving time. Libya previously...

Atomic Energy Agency, said Libya's nuclear program was "in the very initial stages of development" at the time. In 1968, Libya signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation...

decades, is the flag carrier of Libya. Based in Tripoli, it operates scheduled passenger and cargo services within Libya and to Europe, North Africa and...

with Libya. Between 1980 and 1984 Gaddafi had ordered the deaths of several exiled opponents of his regime; bombings and shootings, targeted at Libyan dissidents...

Egyptian–Libyan War, also known as the Four Day War (Arabic: حرب الأربعة أيام, romanized: ḥarb al-ārbaʿ ʾayyām), was a short border war fought between Libya and...

however was anti-Libyan and ruthless in his ambition, causing him to position himself against Oueddei's pro-Libyan government On March 22, 1980, clashes broke...

Nasserist officers in the Libyan Army, which overthrew the Senussi monarchy of King Idris I and resulted in the formation of the Libyan Arab Republic. The...

policy or actions concerning Libya in the past, and he will have no influence in the future." — Jimmy Carter, August 4, 1980 A 1985 Wall Street Journal...

Libyan Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الليبية) is the branch of the Libyan Armed Forces responsible for aerial warfare. In 2010, before the Libyan Civil...

colonization of Libya began in 1911 and it lasted until 1943. The country, which was previously an Ottoman possession, was occupied by Italy in 1911 after...

National Restoration (1984–1991)  Liberia – People's Redemption Council (1980–1984)  Libya – Revolutionary Command Council (1969–1977)  Mali – Military Committee...