1986 in Libya

Incumbents

• Prime Minister: Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab, Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi

Events

March

• 23 March - The Gulf of Sidra Incident.

April

• 15 April - U.S. aircraft bombs airfields and barracks within Libya.
• After the bombing the country was renamed Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
• Gaddafi announces plans for a unified African gold dinar currency, to challenge the dominance of the US Dollar and Euro currencies. The African dinar would have been measured directly in terms of gold.