List of national founders

===Libya===

===Libya===

[[Idris of Libya]] (1889–1983) was the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the [[Senusiyya|Senussi]] Muslim order. Idris as-Senussi proclaimed an independent [[Emirate of Cyrenaica]] in 1949. He was also invited to become Emir of [[Tripolitania]], another of the three traditional regions that now constitute modern Libya (the third being [[Fezzan]]).Diller, Daniel; Moore, John (1995). ''The Middle East''. Congressional Quarterly. p. 308. By accepting he began the process of uniting Libya under a single monarchy. A constitution was enacted in 1949 and adopted in October 1951. A National Congress elected Idris as King of Libya, and as Idris I he proclaimed the independence of the [[Kingdom of Libya]] as a sovereign state on 24 December 1951.

[[Idris of Libya]] (1889–1983) was the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the [[Senusiyya|Senussi]] Muslim order. Idris as-Senussi proclaimed an independent [[Emirate of Cyrenaica]] in 1949. He was also invited to become Emir of [[Tripolitania]], another of the three traditional regions that now constitute modern Libya (the third being [[Fezzan]]).Diller, Daniel; Moore, John (1995). ''The Middle East''. Congressional Quarterly. p. 308. By accepting he began the process of uniting Libya under a single monarchy. A constitution was enacted in 1949 and adopted in October 1951. A National Congress elected Idris as King of Libya, and as Idris I he proclaimed the independence of the [[Kingdom of Libya]] as a sovereign state on 24 December 1951.

===Mauritania===

[[Moktar Ould Daddah]] is widely regarded as the founding father of [[Mauritania]]. He led the country to independence from [[France]] in 1960 and served as its first president from 1960 to 1978. Ould Daddah played a central role in establishing the foundations of the modern Mauritanian state and shaping its early political institutions.

===Morocco===

===Morocco===