Bashir Saadawi

Bashir Saadawi (Arabic: بشير السعداوي), also transcribed Basher Es'sadawy, (1884 – 17 January 1957) was a Libyan politician and the founder and leader of the Libyan National Congress Party. [1]

Bashir Saadawi
بشير السعداوي
Bashir Saadawi
Personal details
Born
Bashir Saadawi

1884
Khums, Ottoman Tripolitania
Died(1957-01-17)17 January 1957 (aged 73)
Beirut, Lebanon
Political partyNational Congress Party

Bashir Saadawi was one of the major figures who contributed to independence of Libya, however after King Idris I was crowned as King of Libya, all parties were disbanded and Saadawi exiled to Beirut where he lived for the rest of his life, dying 17 January 1957.[1]

His body was returned to be buried in Libya in 1970.[1]

References

  1. الدكتور المفتي: السعداوى والمؤتمر بين التمجيد والنسيان طبعة 2005/
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