Muhammad as-Senussi

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English name = Muhammad as-Senussi


birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|10|20|df=y
birthplace = Tripoli
death_date =
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regnal =
title =
throne = Libya
pretend from = April 28, 1992
year = 1969
king = Idris I
relationship = Great nephew
house = Senussi
father = Crown Prince Hasan
mother = Fawzia bint Tahir
spouse =
children =
predecessor = Crown Prince Hasan
successor =
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Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Senussi (born on 20 October 1962) is the son of the Hasan as-Senussi, former Crown Prince of Libya, and of Fawzia bint Tahir Bakeer. Born in Tripoli, he is considered by Libyan royalists to be the legitimate heir to the Senussi Crown of Libya.

Biography

Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi overthrew his great-uncle King Idris and his father, the Crown Prince, on 1 September 1969 in the Al Fateh Revolution. [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=opinion&xfile=data/opinion/2006/December/opinion_December32.xml Neo-Tarzanism: Gaddafi’s legendary petulance] Khaleej Times] Al-Gaddafi detained the royal family and held them under house arrest. In 1988, they were allowed to emigrate to the United Kingdom.

Muhammad as-Senussi received his education in the United Kingdom. On June 18 1992, he was appointed as heir by his father to succeed him in death as Crown Prince and Head of the Royal House of Libya.

Quotes

*The return of monarchy to Libya is not a priority, but "the United Nations - which endorsed the Libyan constitution upon independence - must interfere and restore the constitution, to hold free elections and let the people decide what system they prefer." [ [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/749/re3.htm Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Anti-Gaddafists rally in London ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.nobility-royallty.com/id59.htm The International Commission on Nobility and Royalty ]
* [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=881866&page=1 Crown Prince Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi]
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/749/re3.htm Anti-Gaddafists rally in London]
* [http://www.libyanconstitutionalunion.net/englishmenu.htm Libyan Constitutional Union]
* [http://home1.gte.net/eskandar/lecture.html In Defense of Monarchy In An Age Of Democracy]