Now Viewing: muammar_gaddafiTag type: Character Muammar Gaddafi (AKA Colonel Gaddafi) was a Libyan dictator from 1969 to 2011. He was expelled from power after days of protests against his rule and subsequent civil war during the Arab_Spring. He went into hiding and was eventually captured and killed by Syrian rebels. "Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (/ˈmoʊ.əmɑr ɡəˈdɑːfi/; Arabic: معمر محمد أبو منيار القذافي, muʿammar muḥammad ʾabū minyār al-qaḏḏāfī (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary and politician who governed Libya as its primary leader from 1969 to 2011. Taking power in a coup d'etat, he ruled 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, when he was ousted in the Libyan civil war." From: < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi > See also: Arab_Spring dictator Other Wiki Information Last updated: 03/20/15 1:27 PM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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