[DOC] [TLE] Muammar al-Qaddafi - Dictator - Biography.com [PAR] On Biography.com, learn more about Muammar al-Qaddafi, who seized ... in 
1969, and ruled as an authoritarian dictator for more than 40 years before he was 
... He joined the military and staged a coup to seize control of Libya in 1969, 
ousting King Idris. ... At age 27, he had become the ruler of Libya. .... May 18, 
2014... [DOC] [TLE] Qaddafi leads coup in Libya - Sep 01, 1969 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Muammar al-Qaddafi, a 27-year-old Libyan army captain, leads a successful 
military ... They waited until King Idris was out of the country, being treated for a 
leg ... On October 20, Libya's interim government announced that Qaddafi had 
died .... the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule 
Poland. [DOC] [TLE] History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi - Wikipedia [PAR] Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 
after leading a group of young Libyan military officers against King Idris I in a 
bloodless coup d'tat. After the king had fled the country, the Libyan 
Revolutionary Command .... An American-educated technician, Mahmud 
Sulayman al-Maghribi, who had... [DOC] [TLE] Muammar Gaddafi - Wikipedia [PAR] Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi
, was a .... Many teachers at Sabha were Egyptian, and for the first time Gaddafi 
had access ... Gaddafi briefly studied History at the University of Libya in 
Benghazi, before ... In mid-1969, Idris travelled abroad to spend the summer in 
Turkey and... [DOC] [TLE] Muammar al-Qaddafi | Libyan statesman | Britannica.com [PAR] Qaddafi had ruled for more than four decades when he was ousted by a revolt in 
... Surt, Libyadied October 20, 2011, Surt) de facto leader of Libya (19692011)
. ... coup that deposed King Idrs. Qaddafi was named commander in chief of the 
... and later that year he gave his first speech before the UN General Assembly. [DOC] [TLE] Moammar Gadhafi Ruled Libya With An Iron Fist - NPR [PAR] Oct 20, 2011 ... Moammar Gadhafi (right), two years before he seized power .... in September 
1969 after a nearly bloodless coup overthrowing then-King Idris. [DOC] [TLE] Muammar el-Qaddafi, Libyan Dictator, Is Dead at 69 - The New York ... [PAR] Oct 21, 2011 ... Muammar el-Qaddafi, the erratic, provocative dictator who ruled Libya for 42 
years, ... officer when he led the bloodless coup that deposed Libya's monarch in 
1969. ... Muammar is the leader of the revolution until the end of time! ... Yet in a 
country where the deposed king, Idris, had come from a long line of... [DOC] [TLE] KING IDRIS, OUSTED IN '69 BY QADDAFI, DIES IN CAIRO ... [PAR] May 26, 1983 ... Qaddafi and other army officers overthrew him in 1969, died today in a Cairo 
hospital. ... At his death, he had spent nearly a third of his 93 years in Egypt, living 
here ... He ruled until Sept. ... Muammar el-Qaddafi, then only 27 years old. ... In 
the years immediately preceding the 1969 coup, King Idris reacted... [DOC] [TLE] Libya's Forgotten King - Al Jazeera English [PAR] Nov 19, 2015 ... The story of King Idris I, who unified Libya and became its first king in 1951 
before being toppled by Gaddafi in 1969. ... King Idris ruled from 1951 until 
Muammar Gaddafi seized power in a coup in 1969. ... During his absence, 
however, he had already been deposed in a coup by a group of army officers led
... [DOC] [TLE] The Life and Rule of Muammar Qaddafi - The Atlantic [PAR] Oct 20, 2011 ... From his 1969 coup to pan-Arabism, war with Chad, terrorism in the ... Muammar 
al Qaddafi, autocratic strongman of Libya, was killed ... He ruled Libya from 1969, 
when he rose to power in a military coup, until this spring, ... His 42-year rule as 
the "King of Kings" was marked by suppression

Question: Until a 1969 coup by Muammar al-Qaddafi, King Idris had ruled this country for 18 years
Answer: Libya