Omar Faiek Shennib in the context of "Constitution of Libya (1951)"

The 1951 Libyan Constitution, formally the Constitution of the United Kingdom of Libya, then from 1963, the Constitution of the Kingdom of Libya, was brought into force on October 7, 1951, prior to Libya's formal declaration of its independence on December 24, 1951 as a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under the rule of King Idris. It served as the supreme law of the land of the Libyan state. The enactment of the Libyan Constitution was significant in that it was the first and only piece of legislation that formally entrenched the rights of Libyan citizens after the post-war creation of the Libyan nation state.

The Libyan National Assembly drafted the Constitution and passed a resolution accepting it in a meeting held in Benghazi on October 7, 1951. Mohamed Abulas’ad El-Alem, President of the National Assembly and the two Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly, Omar Faiek Shennib and Abu Baker Ahmed Abu Baker executed and submitted the Constitution to King Idris prior to its publication in the Official Gazette of Libya.