Photo of the Day: My Grandfather Meeting the King of Libya

Hans BaderAugust 9, 2025

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Above is a photo of my maternal grandfather meeting Idris, the King of Libya, in the early 1960s. Idris was king from 1951 until 1969, whe was overthrown in a coup d’état. He was ousted by military officers led by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya as a brutal dictator from 1969 to 2011. My grandfather was in Libya to build transmission lines and engineering projects.

Hans Bader

Hans Bader practices law in Washington, D.C. After studying economics and history at the University of Virginia and law at Harvard, he practiced civil-rights, international-trade, and constitutional law. He also once worked in the Education Department. Hans writes for CNSNews.com and has appeared on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” Contact him at hfb138@yahoo.com