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Muammar al-Gaddafi

Muammar al-Gaddafi
معمر محمد (أبو منيار) القذافي
Muammar Gaddafi, 1973.jpg
Muammar Gaddafi in 1973
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya
In office
1 September 1969 – 20 October 2011
President
Prime Minister
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
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 (/ˈm.əmɑːr ɡəˈdɑːfi/; About this sound 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.


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