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COMMANDER // 1942–2011

Muammar Gaddafi

colonelKingdom of LibyaLibyan Government11 battles3 wars

Lifespan

19422011

1950196019701980199020002010Chadian–Libyan War · 1978-1987Cold War · 1945-1991Libyan Civil War (2011) · 2011Second Battle of N'Djamena — March 22, 1980 · FROLINAT · Chadian–Libyan War1986 United States bombing of Libya — April 15, 1986 · Libya · Cold WarGulf of Sidra incident — January 4, 1989 · Libya · Cold War2011 military intervention in Libya — October 31, 2011 · Libyan Arab Jamahiriya · Libyan Civil War (2011)Battle of Bin Jawad — March 6, 2011 · Libyan Government · Libyan Civil War (2011)Battle of Ra's Lanuf — March 4, 2011 · Libyan Government · Libyan Civil War (2011)Battle of Sirte — September 15, 2011 · Gaddafi loyalists · Libyan Civil War (2011)Battle of Tripoli — August 20, 2011 · Libyan Arab Jamahiriya · Libyan Civil War (2011)First Battle of Brega — March 2, 2011 · Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya · Libyan Civil War (2011)Second Battle of Brega — March 15, 2011 · Libyan government · Libyan Civil War (2011)Third Battle of Brega — March 31, 2011 · Libyan Government · Libyan Civil War (2011)

Active service 1980–201111 battles across 3 wars; first command at age 38.

Profile

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was a Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his overthrow by Libyan rebel forces in 2011 during the First Libyan Civil War. He came to power through a bloodless military coup, first becoming Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, Secretary General of the General People's Congress from 1977 to 1979, and then the Brotherly Leader of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1979 to 2011. Initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, Gaddafi later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

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Battles (11)

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