Moammar Ghadafi: 7 June 1942 – 20 October 2011
Profile of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
![Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the closing session of the Arab League Summit in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte on March 28, 2010. Arab leaders met behind closed doors to thrash out a united strategy against Israel's settlement policy as the Jewis](https://gdb.voanews.com/935f1752-c649-4bd2-94cd-a115325cc083_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the closing session of the Arab League Summit in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte on March 28, 2010. Arab leaders met behind closed doors to thrash out a united strategy against Israel's settlement policy as the Jewis
![File picture (1972) of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi (R) with Egyptian President Anouar al-Sadate (L) and Algerian President Houari Boumediene (C) at the airport while they arrived, (AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/35383a49-a0ba-4aba-876e-766e639912fc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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File picture (1972) of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi (R) with Egyptian President Anouar al-Sadate (L) and Algerian President Houari Boumediene (C) at the airport while they arrived, (AFP)
![Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (L) shakes hands with French President Georges Pompidou 24 November 1973 on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris after their meeting, (AFP).](https://gdb.voanews.com/6158d4c8-5f52-4b7e-a8fc-2a6814d41d78_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (L) shakes hands with French President Georges Pompidou 24 November 1973 on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris after their meeting, (AFP).
![Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi shows a parade with Palestinian PLO leader Yasser Arafat, 26 August 1978 in Tripoli, Libya, (AFP).](https://gdb.voanews.com/b5ca05ae-e2bf-4a0d-8923-868029ac9629_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi shows a parade with Palestinian PLO leader Yasser Arafat, 26 August 1978 in Tripoli, Libya, (AFP).