Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
| Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 June 1972 Tripoli, Libya |
| Alma mater |
Al Fateh University IMADEC London School of Economics |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | Freedom for Dr. Saif al-Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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| Service/branch | Libyan Army |
| Years of service | 2011 |
| Battles/wars |
2011 Libyan civil war * Battle of Tripoli * Battle of Bani Walid |
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (Arabic: سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي; born 25 June 1972) is a former Libyan political figure. He is the second son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash. Gaddafi was awarded a PhD from London School of Economics.
He was a part of his father's inner circle, performing public relations and diplomatic roles on behalf of his father. He publicly turned down his father's offer of the country's second highest post and held no official government position. According to American State Department officials in Tripoli, during his father's reign, he was the second most-widely recognized person in Libya and was at times the "de facto" Prime Minister, and was mentioned as a possible successor, though he rejected this. An arrest warrant was issued for him by the International Criminal Court for charges of crimes against humanity against the Libyan people, for torturing and killing civilians, a charge he denied.
Gaddafi was captured by the Zintan militia on 19 November 2011, after the end of the Libyan Civil War, in southern Libya and flown by plane to Zintan. He was sentenced to death on 28 July 2015 by a court in Tripoli for crimes during the 2011 Libyan Civil War, in a widely criticised trial conducted in absentia. He remained in the custody of the de facto independent authorities of Zintan. In July 2016 it was reported that he had been released.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi graduated with a bachelor of science degree in engineering science from Tripoli's Al Fateh University in 1994. However, there is another report stating that he is an architect. He earned an MBA from Vienna's IMADEC business school in 2000.
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