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{{Quote|I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.|Muammer Gaddafi}}

'''Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi''' (<span lang="ar" style="line-height: 1.5em; " lang="ar">مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي</span>‎''<span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; white-space: normal; text-decoration: none; " title="DIN 31635 Arabic">Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī</span>'' ) (June 7, 1942 – 20 October 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, until 1979, and had remained the country's symbolic leader until 2011 when the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya regime he established was overthrown in a civil war which consisted of an uprising aided by a NATO intervention. 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".

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+{{Quote|I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.|Muammer Gaddafi}}
 '''Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi''' (<span lang="ar" style="line-height: 1.5em; " lang="ar">مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي</span>‎''<span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; white-space: normal; text-decoration: none; " title="DIN 31635 Arabic">Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī</span>'' ) (June 7, 1942 – 20 October 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, until 1979, and had remained the country's symbolic leader until 2011 when the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya regime he established was overthrown in a civil war which consisted of an uprising aided by a NATO intervention. 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".