Muammar al-Gaddafi

Colonel

Muammar Gaddafi
Colonel; Muammar Gaddafi
معمر القذافي
	Muammar al-Gaddafi at an African Union Summit in 2009
Leader and Guide of the Revolution
	In office; 1 September 1969 – 23 August 2011
President	show all Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ; Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab ; Mifta al-Usta Umar ; Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa ; Muhammad al-Zanati ; Miftah Muhammed K'eba ; Imbarek Shamekh ; Mohamed Abu Al-Quasim al-Zwai ;
Prime Minister	show all Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi ; Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab ; Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi ; Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir ; Abuzed Omar Dorda ; Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud ; Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush ; Imbarek Shamekh ; Shukri Ghanem ; Baghdadi Mahmudi ;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mustafa Abdul Jalil (Chairman of the National Transitional Council)
Secretary General of the General People's Congress of Libya
	In office; 2 March 1977 – 2 March 1979
Prime Minister	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Prime Minister of Libya
	In office; 16 January 1970 – 16 July 1972
Preceded by	Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Succeeded by	Abdessalam Jalloud
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya
	In office; 1 September 1969 – 2 March 1977
Prime Minister	Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi; Abdessalam Jalloud; Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Preceded by	Idris*
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chairperson of the African Union
	In office; 2 February 2009 – 31 January 2010
Preceded by	Jakaya Kikwete
Succeeded by	Bingu wa Mutharika
Personal details
Born	June 7, 1943; Qasr Abu Hadi, Italian Libya
Died	October 20, 2011 (aged 68); Sirt, Libya
Spouse(s)	Fatiha al-Nuri (divorced); Safia Farkash; (m. 1970–2011, his death)
Children	Sons:; Muhammad (b. 1970); Saif al-Islam (b. 1972); Al-Saadi (b. 1973); Hannibal (b. 1976); Moatessem-Billal (b. 1977); Saif al-Arab (b. 1982 – d. 2011 (claimed)); Khamis (1983); Milad (adopted, d.1986) (death unproven); Daughters:; Ayesha (b. 1976); Hanna (adopted (posthumously?, d.1986) (death unproven);
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Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Libya (1961–69); Libyan Arab Republic (1969–77); Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)
Branch/service	Libyan Army
Years of service	1961–2011
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Commander-in-chief, Libyan Armed Forces
Battles/wars	Libyan–Egyptian War; Chadian–Libyan conflict; Uganda–Tanzania War; 2011 Libyan civil war
	As King of Libya;

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi^[4](Arabic: مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī audio (help·info))^[variations] (June 7 1942 - 20 October 2011) better known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan politician. He ruled Libya from 1969 to 2011.^[5]

↑ "Nato strike 'kills Saif al-Arab Gaddafi', Libya says". BBC News. 1 May 2011.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Nato strike 'kills Gaddafi's youngest son'". www.aljazeera.com.
↑ "NBC's Mitchell Regurgitates Gaddafi Lies". Accuracy in Media. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
↑ "Al-Qadhafi, Muammar Muhammad". Oxford Dictionary of Political Biography
↑ Barker, Anne (2011). "Gaddafi captured, killed in Sirte - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". abc.net.au. Retrieved 21 October 2011.

[1] "Nato strike 'kills Saif al-Arab Gaddafi', Libya says". BBC News. 1 May 2011.

[autogenerated1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Nato strike 'kills Gaddafi's youngest son'". www.aljazeera.com.

[3] "NBC's Mitchell Regurgitates Gaddafi Lies". Accuracy in Media. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[4] "Al-Qadhafi, Muammar Muhammad". Oxford Dictionary of Political Biography

[5] Barker, Anne (2011). "Gaddafi captured, killed in Sirte - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". abc.net.au. Retrieved 21 October 2011.

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