Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader)

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Muammar Gaddafi was the longtime authoritarian ruler of Libya whose regime was marked by revolutionary ideology, state repression, and eventual overthrow during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dictator
head of state
human
military leader
political leader
accusedOf human rights abuses
state terrorism sponsorship
allegiance Jamahiriya
surface form: Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Libya
surface form: Libyan Arab Republic
authored The Green Book
cameToPowerBy 1969 Libyan coup d’état
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
commanded Libyan Armed Forces
surface form: Libyan Armed Forces (loyalist faction)
conflict Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis
countryOfCitizenship Libya
dateOfBirth 1942-06-07
dateOfDeath 2011-10-20
education Royal Military Academy, Benghazi
endTime 2011-10-20 as de facto leader of Libya
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
familyName Gaddafi
foughtIn 2011 Libyan Civil War
Chadian–Libyan conflict
founded Jamahiriya
surface form: Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya system
fullName Muammar Gaddafi
surface form: Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi
givenName Muammar Gaddafi
surface form: Muammar
headOfGovernment Libya
surface form: Libya (de facto)
headOfState Libya
surface form: Libya (de facto)
ideology Islamic socialism
anti-imperialism
revolutionary nationalism
implementedPolicy Jamahiriya
surface form: Jamahiriya direct democracy model

nationalization of oil industry in Libya
state socialism in Libya
influenced Libyan revolutionary committees
influencedBy Arab nationalist thought
Gamal Abdel Nasser
knownFor longtime authoritarian rule of Libya
revolutionary ideology
sponsorship of militant groups abroad
state repression in Libya
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
mannerOfDeath killed in action
memberOf Free Officers Movement (Libya)
militaryRank colonel
movement Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Pan-Africanism
Pan-Arabism
Third International Theory
nativeLanguage Arabic
notableWork The Green Book
occupation military officer
politician
revolutionary
overthrownIn 2011 Libyan Civil War
participatedIn African Union politics
placeOfBirth Sirte, Libya
surface form: Qasr Abu Hadi area, near Sirte

near Sirte, Italian Libya
placeOfDeath Sirte, Libya
positionHeld Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya
Chairperson of the African Union
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya
surface form: Secretary General of the General People’s Congress of Libya

de facto head of state of Libya
religion Islam
residence Bab al-Azizia compound, Tripoli
Tripoli
surface form: Tripoli, Libya
sanctionedBy United Nations
United States of America
surface form: United States
sexOrGender male
sideInConflict loyalist side in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
startTime 1969-09-01 coup d’état as leader of Libya
title Guide of the Revolution
surface form: Guide of the First of September Great Revolution

Leader of the Revolution

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Battle of Benghazi commandedBy Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader)
Battle of Tripoli opposedBy Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader)
this entity surface form: Gaddafi loyalists