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|hobby = }}'''Khalifa Belqasim Haftar''' (Arabic: خليفة بلقاسم حفتر; born November 7, 1943) is a dual Libyan-American citizen who is a military officer and the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), which, under Haftar's leadership, replaced nine elected municipal councils by military administrators, and as of May 2019, was engaged in the Second Libyan Civil War. On 2 March 2015, he was appointed commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected legislative body, the Libyan House of Representatives. | |hobby = }}'''Khalifa Belqasim Haftar''' (Arabic: خليفة بلقاسم حفتر; born November 7, 1943) is a dual Libyan-American citizen who is a military officer and the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), which, under Haftar's leadership, replaced nine elected municipal councils by military administrators, and as of May 2019, was engaged in the Second Libyan Civil War. On 2 March 2015, he was appointed commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected legislative body, the Libyan House of Representatives. | ||
==Biography== | |||
Haftar was born in the Libyan city of Ajdabiya. He served in the Libyan army under [[Muammar Gaddafi]], and took part in the coup that brought Gaddafi to power in 1969. He took part in the Libyan contingent against Israel in the [[Yom Kippur War]] of 1973. In 1987, he became a prisoner of war during the war against Chad after being lulled into a trap and captured, then a major embarrassment for Gaddafi and represented a major blow to Gaddafi's ambitions in Chad. | Haftar was born in the Libyan city of Ajdabiya. He served in the Libyan army under [[Muammar Gaddafi]], and took part in the coup that brought Gaddafi to power in 1969. He took part in the Libyan contingent against Israel in the [[Yom Kippur War]] of 1973. In 1987, he became a prisoner of war during the war against Chad after being lulled into a trap and captured, then a major embarrassment for Gaddafi and represented a major blow to Gaddafi's ambitions in Chad. | ||