Editing Muammar Gaddafi (section)

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|Image = Muammar_Gaddafi.jpg
|fullname = Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi
|alias = Colonel Gaddafi<br>Brother Leader<br>The King of Kings<br>Guide of the Revolution<br>Mad Dog of the Middle East
|origin = Qasr Abu Hadi, Italian Libya
|occupation = Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya (1969 - 1977)<br>Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1977 - 2011)
|skills = A great charisma
|hobby = Abusing his power<br>Killing his enemies and disidents<br>Raping girls<br>Drink Camel Milk<br>Ordering and funding terrorist attacks across the world
|goals = Abolish the Libyan monarchy (successful)<br>Delude the World into thinking he was merely a symbolic leader<br>Merge Egypt and Syria with Libya to form the Federation of Arab Republics (successful, later failed)<br>Merge Tunisia with Libya to form the Arab Islamic Republic (failed)<br>Take the Aouzou Strip from Chad (failed)<br>Increase Bedouin influence<br>claim damages to Italy for its colonial past in Libya (successful)<br>Stay in power (backfired)<br>Eliminate any opposition (backfired)<br>Regain control of Libya (failed)
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>Oppression<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>Nepotism<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]
|type of villain = Hedonistic Tyrant
|fate = Captured by Libyan Rebels after a NATO strike, beaten and sodomized within an inch of his life, and then was killed by a gunshot wound to the head.
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{{Quote|I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.|Muammar Gaddafi}}
'''Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi''' (''مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي'' ‎''Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfi'' ) (June 7<sup>th</sup>, 1942 – October 20<sup>th</sup>, 2011), commonly known as '''Muammar Gaddafi''' or '''Colonel Gaddafi''', was Libya's autocratic ruler from 1969, when he seized power in a bloodless military coup<ref name = Coup>[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/qaddafi-leads-coup-in-libya Qaddafi leads coup in Libya], ''History Channel''</ref>, until 1979, and had claimed to be the country's symbolic leader until 2011 when the [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]] regime he established was overthrown in a [[Civil War|civil war]] which consisted of an uprising aided by a NATO intervention. However, despite insisting he was a merely a symbolic leader, his rule was authoritarian up until the very end.<ref name = Reign>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12532929 Gaddafi's quixotic and brutal rule], ''BBC News''</ref>

His 42-year leadership prior to the uprising made him the fourth longest-serving non-royal leader since 1900, as well as the longest-serving Arab leader. He variously styled himself as "the Brother Leader" and "Guide of the Revolution"; in 2008 a meeting of traditional African rulers bestowed on him the title "King of Kings".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7588033.stm Gaddafi: Africa's 'king of kings'], ''BBC News''</ref>

Gaddafi remains an extremely polarizing figure today, with some praising him for developing Libya, his anti-imperialistic stance, and his cooperation with African countries while others criticize him for his iron grip as well as human rights violations in Libya as well as his alleged funding of terrorist attacks.