Mohammed El Senussi
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| Born |
20 October 1962 Tripoli, Kingdom of Libya |
| Title(s) | Crown Prince of Libya (Self claimed) |
| Throne(s) claimed | Libya |
| Last monarch | Idris I |
| Connection with | Grand nephew |
| Royal House | Senussi |
| Father | Crown Prince Hasan |
| Mother | Crown Princess Fawzia bint Tahir |
| Predecessor | Crown Prince Hasan |
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Styles of Crown Prince Mohammed El Senussi |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Mohammed El Senussi (in Arabic: سيدي محمد السنوسي) (Sayyid Mohammed al-Rida bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi El Senussi; occasionally spelled as "...Al Senussi", "as-Senussi", "al/el-Senussi", and, most accurately, "al-Sanusi", born 20 October 1962) is the son of Crown Prince Hasan as-Senussi of Libya, and of Crown Princess Fawzia bint Tahir Bakeer. Born in Tripoli, he is considered by Libyan royalists to be the legitimate heir to the Senussi Crown of Libya. A rival claim is also advanced by his distant relative Idris bin Abdullah. He was named Mohammed al-Rida (محمد الرضا) after his grandfather Mohammed al Rida El Senussi.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi overthrew Mohammed El Senussi's great-uncle King Idris and his father the Crown Prince on 1 September 1969 in the Al Fateh Revolution. Gaddafi detained the Royal Family and held them under house arrest. In 1982 their house with belongings was destroyed and the family moved into a shack on the beach. Before being allowed to emigrate to the United Kingdom in 1988, Prince Mohammed spent some time in the early eighties working at the Libyan Ministry of Agriculture.
Mohammed El Senussi received his education in the United Kingdom. On 18 June 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. He is unmarried.
During the Libyan Civil War, El Senussi spoke publicly in support of the protesters.
Senussi sent his condolences "for the heroes who have laid down their lives, killed by the brutal forces of Gaddafi" and called on the international community "to halt all support for the dictator with immediate effect." El Senussi said that the protesters would be "victorious in the end" and called for international support to end the violence.
On 24 February, Senussi gave an interview to Al Jazeera English in which he called upon the international community to help remove Gaddafi from power and stop the ongoing "massacre". He dismissed talk of a civil war, saying, "The Libyan people and the tribes have proven they are united".
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