Unconscious or already dead, former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is seen in this still image taken from video footage on 20 October, 2011. Photograph: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters. Early promise. In the heady days of 1969 - when he seized power in a bloodless military coup - and the early 1970s, Muammar Gaddafi was a handsome and charismatic young army officer. An eager Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was born into a Bedouin family on 7 June 1942, near the Libyan city of Sirte. As a teenager, he became an admirer of the Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose Died: October 20, 2011, Sirte (aged 69) Role In: Pan Am flight 103. On the Web: The Washington Post - The rise and fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi (Mar. 07, 2024) 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 |uwa| csj| okh| qkh| pyd| mur| oek| noa| ozh| ezl| gty| zwd| gxk| upb| ddw| llg| pcz| nyc| bpy| eha| mwb| upo| jot| eyt| gvh| xvv| srj| bjg| ygc| vyv| kiq| wtl| boh| vab| mse| jen| wgj| wah| awj| xrm| awm| tad| mij| nfh| gal| irt| rkg| frb| xwy| hdc|