Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya as a dictator from 1969 until his assassination by the rebel forces of the National Liberation Army in 2011.

The killing of Muammar Gaddafi took place on 20 October 2011 after the Battle of Sirte. Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was captured by NTC forces and executed shortly afterwards. [1]

Apr 8, 2025 · Muammar al-Qaddafi (born 1942, near Sirte, Libya—died October 20, 2011, Sirte) was the de facto leader of Libya (1969–2011). Qaddafi had ruled for more than four decades when he was ousted by a revolt in August 2011. After evading capture for several weeks, he was killed by rebel forces in October 2011.

Apr 2, 2014 · Qaddafi was named commander in chief of the armed forces and chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, Libya's new ruling body. At age 27, he had...

Gaddafi started to have closer economic and security relations with the West. He cooperated with investigations into alleged Libyan anti-western acts, by 1999 he offered to dismantle weapon of mass destruction of Libya, which would be inspected in 2003.

Oct 21, 2011 · During a period that spanned six decades, the Libyan leader paraded on the world stage with a style so unique and unpredictable that the words "maverick" or "eccentric" scarcely did him justice....

Oct 20, 2011 · Obituary of Muammar Gaddafi, the autocratic North African leader whose idiosyncratic behaviour concealed a ruthless political operator.

Muammar Gaddafi, popularly known as the dictator of Libya, was a revolutionary leader and politician who controlled Libya for 42 years. In his four decades of being in power, he brought several changes to the Libyan government.

Muammar Gaddafi or Qadhafi (1942-2011) was a Libyan military officer who seized control of the country in 1969. Gaddafi was born in south-western Libya, the youngest child of a Bedouin family. Though his family were nomadic and illiterate, the young …

Mar 27, 2011 · Muammar al-Qaddafi has been Libyan head of state since 1969 and one of the most controversial and divisive leaders in the Middle East and Africa in the twentieth century. Qaddafi was born in the spring of 1942 to an Arabized Berber family near the Sirt desert on Libya’s northern coast.