Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar al-Gaddafi معمر محمد (أبو منيار) القذافي
Muammar Gaddafi in 1973
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya
In office 1 September 1969 – 20 October 2011
President	See list 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-Qasim al-Zwai
Prime Minister	See list Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi 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)
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 (King)
Succeeded by	Himself (Secretary General of the General People's Congress)
Secretary General of the General People's Congress
In office 2 March 1977 – 2 March 1979
Prime Minister	Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Preceded by	Himself (Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council)
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
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	Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi c. 1940–1943 Qasr Abu Hadi, Italian Libya
Died	20 October 2011(2011-10-20) (aged 68–71) Sirte, Libya
Political party	Arab Socialist Union (1971–77) Independent (1977–2011)
Spouse(s)	Fatiha al-Nuri (1969–70) Safia el-Brasai (1970–2011)
Children	Sons Muhammad Saif al-Islam Al-Saadi Mutassim Hannibal Saif al-Arab Khamis Milad (Adopted) Daughters Ayesha Hanna (Adopted)
Alma mater	University of Libya Benghazi Military University Academy
Religion	Sunni Islam
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Libya (1961–69)  Libyan Arab Republic (1969–77)  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)
Service/branch	Libyan Army
Years of service	1961–2011
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Libyan Armed Forces
Battles/wars	1969 Libyan coup d'état Libyan-Egyptian War Chadian-Libyan conflict Uganda–Tanzania War 1986 United States bombing of Libya Libyan Civil War

Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi (/ˈmoʊ.əmɑːr ɡəˈdɑːfi/;  audio ; c. 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the "Brotherly Leader" of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, but he came to rule according to his own Third International Theory before embracing Pan-Africanism.