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| Hasan ar Rida as-Senussi | |
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| Crown Prince of Libya | |
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| Head of the Libyan royal family | |
| Tenure | 2 September 1969 – 28 April 1992 |
| Predecessor | Idris I |
| Successor | Prince Muhammad |
| Born | August 1928 Benghazi,Italian Cyrenaica |
| Died | 28 April 1992(1992-04-28) (aged 63) Westminster, London, England |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Sheikha Fawzia bint Tahir |
| Issue | Mohammed El Senussi |
| House | Senussi |
| Father | Prince Muhammad al-Rida |
| Mother | Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya |
SayyidHasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Senussi (August 1928 – 28 April 1992) was the Crown Prince of theKingdom of Libya from 26 October 1956 to 1 September 1969, when theLibyan coup d'état resulted in the monarchy being abolished.
Hasan was born in 1928 the fifth son ofMuhammad ar-Ride as-Senussi (1890–1955, the brother of the then emir ofCyrenaica,Idris of Libya) and his tenth wifeImbaraika al-Fallatiyya. He was educated atAl-Taj,Kufra andAl-Azhar University inCairo,Egypt.
On 24 December 1951, Libya became independent. Following the death of his father, he was nominatedcrown prince by his uncleKing Idris I on 26 October 1956.
The events ofSeptember 1969 proved to be pivotal both for Crown Prince Hasan and forLibya. As Crown Prince, Hasan was first in line to succeed to the Libyan throne. The ailing King Idris presented a signed document on 4 August 1969 to the President of the Libyan Senate, whereby Idris was to abdicate in favour of the Crown Prince. The instrument of abdication specified 2 September, the date when theKing undertook formally to step down. Indeed, the Crown Prince was already exercising regal powers in the name of King Idris, in the run up to 2 September. However, on 1 September, while Idris was out of the country undergoing medical treatment, a group of Libyan army officers, among themColonelMuammar al-Gaddafi, staged a rebellion and announced thatKing Idris was deposed. Since King Idris I was unable to complete his reign as envisaged by his instrument of abdication, Hasan never actually became King. His legacy, however, was in his role of Crown Prince, exercised between 1956 and 1969, towards the end of which he was thede facto ruler of Libya. As Crown Prince, he repeatedly undertook official trips abroad, notably to negotiate the purchase ofU.S.-built jet fighters from theKennedy Administration for theLibyan Air Force.
Following the revolution, Hasan was kept underhouse arrest in Libya, tried in theLibyan People's Court and sentenced to three years in prison in November 1971.
In 1984, the Crown Prince and his family were thrown out of their house, which was then burnt down, and forced to move into cabins on one of Tripoli's public beaches. It was in these cabins that the Crown Prince suffered a stroke in 1986. In 1988, the Crown Prince was permitted by Colonel Qaddafi to travel for medical treatment toLondon, where he died in 1992.[1][unreliable source?] The Crown Prince was buried beside his uncle King Idris atAl-Baqi' Cemetery,Medina,Saudi Arabia.
Prior to his death in 1992, he appointed his second son,Mohammed El Senussi (born 1962), to succeed him as head of theRoyal House of Libya.
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Hasan as-Senussi Senussi dynasty Born: 1928 Died: 28 April 1992 | ||
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| Preceded by | — TITULAR — King of Libya 2 September 1969 – 28 April 1992 Reason for succession failure: Monarchy abolished in 1969 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chief of the Senussi order 2 September 1969 – 28 April 1992 | Succeeded by |