Moammar Ghadafi: 7 June 1942 – 20 October 2011
Profile of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
![File picture of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi with official picture taken in Libya, the 25 February 1975, (AFP).](https://gdb.voanews.com/7906770c-f9e0-4635-8630-9ae179de3dd8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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File picture of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi with official picture taken in Libya, the 25 February 1975, (AFP).
![Libyan Head of State Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew 01 September 1969 King Idris of Libya and proclaimed Libya, in the name of "freedom, socialism a](https://gdb.voanews.com/3e39f7b8-5490-461d-a3d6-544ea68926cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Libyan Head of State Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew 01 September 1969 King Idris of Libya and proclaimed Libya, in the name of "freedom, socialism a
![Libyan Head of State Colonel Moammar Gadhafi prays 21 July 1989 in Bamako during six-African-nation summit to resolve a territorial dispute between Libya and Chad, (AFP).](https://gdb.voanews.com/3e885925-750a-47c6-81eb-6fe357990121_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Libyan Head of State Colonel Moammar Gadhafi prays 21 July 1989 in Bamako during six-African-nation summit to resolve a territorial dispute between Libya and Chad, (AFP).
![In this1969 picture of Libyan Head of State Colonel Moammar Gadhafi (L) shaking hands in Tripoli with the President of Mauritania (1961-78), Mokhtar Ould Daddah, (AFP).](https://gdb.voanews.com/c88bd3be-1928-422f-8aa3-8fb532283b4e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this1969 picture of Libyan Head of State Colonel Moammar Gadhafi (L) shaking hands in Tripoli with the President of Mauritania (1961-78), Mokhtar Ould Daddah, (AFP).