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He declared Libya to be "liberated" at a ceremony in Benghazi on 23 October, three days after Gaddafi's death. [ 76 ] NTC official Ali Tarhouni said on 22 October that he had instructed the military council in Misrata to keep Gaddafi's body preserved for several days in a commercial freezer "to make sure that everybody knows he is dead". [ 77 ]
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.
The last government holdouts in Sirte finally fell to anti-Gaddafi fighters on 20 October 2011, and, following the controversial death of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya was officially declared "liberated" on 23 October 2011, ending 42 years of Gaddafi's leadership in Libya.
As the civil war raged on in Libya, a group of Libyan expats and sympathizers determined that the £11million ($17.5 million) townhouse belonged to the dictator's absentee son -- and decided to ...
August 28 (Reuters) - Here is a timeline chronicling Libya's years of chaos and division: 2011 - Revolt and civil war. An uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule rapidly spreads ...
Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib. On 23 October 2011, the National Transitional Council officially declared that Libya had been liberated. [12]Libya's de facto Prime Minister, Mahmoud Jibril announced that consultations were under way to form an interim government within one month, followed by elections for a constitutional assembly within eight months and parliamentary and ...
Muammar Gaddafi evaded capture until 20 October 2011, when he was captured and killed in Sirte. [49] The National Transitional Council declared "the liberation of Libya" and the official end of the war on 23 October 2011.
Libya had claimed that the entire Gulf was their territory, at 32° 30' N, with an exclusive 62 nautical miles (115 km; 71 mi) fishing zone. [3] Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asserted this in 1973, and dubbed it "The Line of Death".