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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 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 ]
Gaddafi Mosque, in Dodoma, Tanzania. [40] Gaddafi Mosque, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. [41] Gaddafi Mosque, in Kigali, Rwanda. [42] Gaddafi Barracks, an Ugandan Army military base in Jinja, Uganda. [43] Gaddafi Stadium, the fourth largest cricket stadium in Pakistan, situated in Lahore. The complex also has a mosque and a bus station named after ...
Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. When Idris was in Turkey for medical treatment, the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) headed by Gaddafi abolished the monarchy and the old constitution and established ...
Gaddafi described himself as a "simple revolutionary" and "pious Muslim" called upon by God to continue Nasser's work. [14] Gaddafi was an austere and devout Muslim, [15] although according to Vandewalle, his interpretation of Islam was "deeply personal and idiosyncratic."
Muammar Gaddafi dominated Libya's politics for four decades and was the subject of a pervasive cult of personality.He was decorated with various awards and praised for his anti-imperialist stance, support for Arab—and then African—unity, as well as for significant development to the country following the discovery of oil reserves.
Muammar Gaddafi, author of the Third International Theory, at an African Union summit in 2009. Key provisions of the Third International Theory are outlined in The Green Book (published from 1976 to 1979). It is a system of views which criticizes European-style democracy and Soviet Marxism in detail.
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