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Muammar al-Qaddafi's 42-year rule in Libya, including his rise to power, domestic and foreign policies, and his eventual overthrow and death.
Muammar al‑Qaddafi — commonly spelled Gaddafi — was a Libyan military officer who seized power in a 1969 coup and ruled Libya as its de facto leader for 42 years until his overthrow and death in 2011 ...
Muammar Gaddafi’s mother is consistently identified in the available reporting as Aisha (sometimes given as Aisha bint Niran), a woman with scant public biography beyond her name and tribal origins li...