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Gaddafi, Mu′ammar Muhammad al

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Gaddafi, Mu′ammar Muhammad al (or Qaddafi) Mu'ammar Muhammad al (1942– ) Libyan colonel, head of state since 1970. After leading the coup which overthrew King Idris (1890–1983) in 1969, he gained power as chairman of the revolutionary council and established the Libyan Arab Republic. As self-appointed head of state Gaddafi has pursued an anti-colonial policy at home, expelling foreigners from Libya and seeking to establish an Islamic Socialist regime. He has been accused of supporting international terrorism and has been involved in a number of conflicts with the West, as also with neighbouring Arab countries. Since 1979 he has held no formal post, although he has the ceremonial title ‘leader of the revolution’.

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