← 1960 1959 1958 1961 in Libya → 1962 1963 1964
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1961 List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 1961 in Libya.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Idris
• Prime Minister: Muhammad Osman Said

Births

• Abdulbari Al Arusi

Deaths

• Ahmed Rafiq Almhadoui