“You are wrong. We are united. Peace is coming back to our country.”
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Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi
Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi was a Libyan political figure. He was the second son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash. He was a part of his father's inner circle, performing public relations and diplomatic roles on his behalf.
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politics · Libyan political figure (1972–2026) · politician · engineer · architect · military personnel · also Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al Islam Gheddafi, al-Gaddafi
Born 25 June 1972 · Died 3 February 2026 · Q208135
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2026· 7 entries
“Under the table they are trying to negotiate with us a deal:”
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“For them Libya is like fast food, like McDonald”
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“Come on, they accuse me of killing people. Everybody knows, even the rebels themselves, they can”
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“I see myself when I was young in you. You are the future for the Arab revolution.”
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“ideas gaining popularity in the West, such as frequent public referendums, employee stock-ownership programs and the dangers of boxing and wrestling”
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Died 2026-02-03.
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2021· 1 entry
“You need to come back slowly, slowly. Like a striptease. You need to play with their minds a little.”
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2020· 1 entry
Gaddafi reportedly attempted to re-organize the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya into a new party named "Libya Al-Ghad" ("Libya Tomorrow" in Arabic), but the rebrand was vetoed by the much older Popular Front le
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2015· 1 entry
The Guardian pointed that Gaddafi had in fact "once thought he would rule Libya
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2010· 1 entry
“will no longer be involved in promoting human rights and political change in the North African country,”
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2009· 7 entries
Gaddafi welcomed Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East division, into Libya, accompanying her in meeting with many government officials and others during her visit
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And said that his father's tent and residence issues were disappointing and his UN speech had been misinterpreted
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Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch were allowed entry to Libya, via Gaddafi's non-profit organization in order to gather facts about the human rights situation in Libya
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Spent a weekend at Waddesdon Manor, home of financier Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, where he was the guest of Peter Mandelson and Nathaniel Rothschild
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A party in Montenegro for his 37th birthday included well-known guests such as Oleg Deripaska, Peter Munk and Prince Albert of Monaco
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Fathi's brother wrote that "for nearly a year, both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch hesitated to advocate publicly for Fathi's case, because they feared their case workers might lose access to Libyan visas
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Gaddafi claimed that Libya's opinion of him was shaped largely by his role in Libya's engagement with the West, saying "If something goes wrong, people will blame me, whether I am in a certain official position or not
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2008· 3 entries
Studied at London School of Economics and Political Science, Doctor of Philosophy (2008).
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“intervene[d] due to the absence of institutions”
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From the London School of Economics, where he attended amid a series of contacts between the school and the Libyan political establishment
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2007· 1 entry
Gaddafi met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Tripoli, with whom it is alleged he helped broker an arms deal, including missiles
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2006· 1 entry
The German newspaper Der Spiegel and the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia reported that Gaddafi was romantically linked to Orly Weinerman, an Israeli actress and model, they dated from 2005 to 2011
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2005· 1 entry
Gaddafi was awarded a "Young Global Leader" title by the World Economic Forum
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2002· 1 entry
Gaddafi sued The Sunday Telegraph for libel over a 1995 article that alleged he had masterminded an international money-laundering conspiracy
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1998· 2 entries
Founded the official charity, the Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations, which intervened in various hostage situations involving Islamic militants and the crisis of the HIV trial in Libya and the
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Had been tortured and that the government had denied them a fair trial
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1994· 1 entry
Studied at University of Tripoli, Bachelor of Science (1994).
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1972· 2 entries
Born 1972-06-25.
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“by Salah Sarrar Today there is a divide that we must acknowledge, and we must know who is deepening it. Perhaps it is colonialism—the enemy of Islam, the enemy of the Arabs, the enemy of the Persians—that is deepening it.… They have divided Islam into two Islams, and there came to be Shi”
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