Personal Portrait: Muammar Gaddafi

Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 4060

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Libyas leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace on June 10, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Colonel Gaddafi is in Rome to attend a meeting of G8 Development Ministers. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images). ROME – JUNE 10

President Boumedienne (1932 – 1978) of Algeria, President Sadat of Egypt (1918 – 1981) and Colonel Gaddafi of Libya (1942 – ) are meeting for a mini conference on the current Near East crisis. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1972

Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi is seen at the European Commission on April 27, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. Gaddafi is in Brussels visiting the European Union and is his first visit to Europe since 1989. (Photo by Mark Renders/Getty Images). BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – APRIL 27 2004

Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, February 1985. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, escorted by female bodyguards, arrives at the Ciampino airport on August 29, 2010 in Rome, Italy. Gadaffi is on an official two-day visit to Italy for talks with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The visit also marks the second anniversary of a friendship treaty between Italy and Lybia. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images). ROME – AUGUST 29 2010

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, US President Barack Obama, UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon, Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi and the extended members of the G8 world leaders pose for a [family photo] on the third day of the G8 summit on July 10, 2009 in LAquila, Italy. The talks are being held close to the site of a devastating earthquake in April of this year. The leaders are expected to discuss climate change, global security and the global recession. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images). LAQUILA, ITALY – JULY 10 2009

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, shaking hands with Maltese people during a rally at Cospicua. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 23rd May 1976

Libyan President Muammar Khadai awaits the arrival of French President Jacques Chirac on November 24, 2004 in Tripoli, Libya. Chirac is in Libya for a two day official visit marking the first visit by a French head of state since Libya won independence from Italy in 1951. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images). TRIPOLI, LIBYA – NOVEMBER 24 2004

Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a working session on food security on the third day of the G8 summit on July 10, 2009 in LAquila, Italy. The talks are being held close to the site of a devastating earthquake in April of this year. The leaders are expected to discuss climate change, global security and the global recession. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images). LAQUILA, ITALY – JULY 10 2009

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) stands next to Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi during the signing of agreements between the two countries April 17, 2008 in Tripoli, Libya. Putin is in Libya for a two-day official visit to rebuild Russian-Libyan relations. (Photo by Artyom Korotayev/Epsilon/Getty Images). TRIPOLI, LIBYA – APRIL 17 2008

Libyan female bodyguards of Libyan leader Moamar Ghadafi walk away from the entrance of the summit after a scuffle broke out between them and Egyptian security. Arab leaders are holding a summit in the Egyptian resort in order to come up with a unified response to the Iraqi crisis. (Photo by Norbert Schiller/Getty Images). SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – MARCH 1 2003

Egyptian security guards prevent a female private guard of Libyan President Moamar Gadhafi from entering the Sumit hall in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt March 01, 2003. Twenty two arab leaders met on Saturday to discuss their position for the possible war on Iraq and the Palestians-Israeli conflict. (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images). SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – MARCH 1 2003

Supporters of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi gather in Hyde Park on February 17, 2011 in London, England. Libya has faced a nationwide [Day of Anger], with Human Rights and anti-Gaddafi protesters taking to the streets. It has been reported that at least six people have been killed during clashes between Security forces and anti-Gaddafi protesters in Benghazi, Libyas second largest city. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images). LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 17 2011

A man holds a sign ridiculing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration outside the Libyan embassy on February 22, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. According to media reports the Libyan air force attacked anti-regime protesters with fighter planes in the city of Benghazi and eyewitnesses reported dead bodies lying in the streets of Tripolis. Human Rights Watch reports at least 233 people have been killed in the recent violence across Libya. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images). BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 22 2011

A Muammar Gaddafi supporter kisses a picture of the Libyan leader in a no-man’s-land between the two countries on March 02, 2011 in Ras Jdir, Tunisia- Libya border. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers from Egypt, Tunisia and other countries are fleeing to the border of Tunisia to escape the violence. The situation is quickly turning into a humanitarian emergency as fledgling Tunisia is overwhelmed with the migrant workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images). RAS JDIR, TUNISIA – LIBYA MARCH 02 2011

Protesters gather outside the Libyan Embassy in Hyde Park on February 26, 2011 in London, England. NATO and Europe have continued to pressure Muammar Gaddafis regime, joining forces to rescue foreigners who remain stranded in Libya. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images). LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 26 2011

Libyans step on a carpet featuring Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on February 25, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Fighting has subsided around Benghazi in eastern Libya but continues around the capitol Tripoli still controlled by the Gaddafis forces. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images). BENGHAZI, LIBYA – FEBRUARY 25 2011

Rebel militiamen shoot through a portrait of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on the frontline March 25 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed government troops further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images). BEN JAWAT, LIBYA – MARCH 05 2011

The puppeteers Anna Menzel (L) and Annemie Twardawa (R) pose with the glove puppet of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during the rehearsal to the theater puppet show «King of the Kings» by Bosnian director Ivana Sajevic at Sophiensaele on March 9, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. «King of the Kings» is a contribution to the festival [Freischwimmer 2011] which runs from March 10-19 and is one of the most important festivals of the young independent theater scene. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images). BERLIN, GERMANY – MARCH 09 2011