Allied occupation of Libya

Allied administration of Libya
Occupazione alleata della Libia (Italian) احتلال الحلفاء لليبيا (Arabic)
Military Administration
1942–1951
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The three regions of Libya during the Allied occupation: Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were British-administered, while Fezzan was French
Capital		Tripoli
Languages		English, French, Italian, Arabic
Political structure		Military Administration
History
•	British occupation of Cyrenaica	1942
•	French occupation of Fezzan	1943
•	became the Kingdom of Libya	24 December 1951
Currency		Algerian franc (Fezzan-Ghadames) Egyptian pound (Cyrenaica) Military Authority Lira (Tripolitania)
Preceded by Succeeded by Italian Libya Emirate of Cyrenaica Kingdom of Libya

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The Allied administration of Libya was the control of the ex-Italian colony of Libya by the Allies from 1943 until Libyan independence was granted in 1951. It was divided into the following:

The Allied administration was done by the United Kingdom in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and by France in Fezzan. Officially Libya remained "Italian Libya" until February 1947, when Italy signed the Peace Treaty losing all the colonies and possessions of the defeated former Italian Empire.

The British administered it as the British Military Administration of Libya.

The French forces occupied the area that was the former Italian Territorio Sahara Libico and made several requests to annex administratively their Fezzan to the French colonial Empire. The administrative personnel remained the former Italian bureaucrats.