Bashir Saadawi


Bashir Saadawi, also transcribed Basher Es'sadawy, was a Libyan politician and the founder and leader of the Libyan National 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.
His body was returned to be buried in Libya in 1970.