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Abdelhakim Belhaj

1966 - Today

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Abdelhakim Belhaj (or Belhadj; Arabic: عبد الحكيم بلحاج, nom de guerre: Abu Abdallah Assadaq) (born 1 May 1966) is a Libyan politician and military leader. He is the leader of the Islamist al-Watan Party and former head of the Tripoli Military Council. He was the emir of the defunct Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, an anti-Gaddafi guerrilla group. As of June 2017, following the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis, Belhadj was placed on a terrorist watchlist on suspicion of terrorism-related activities with Qatari support, with Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Libya's Tobruk government among those supporting this claim. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdelhakim Belhaj is the 18,450th most popular politician (down from 17,642nd in 2024), the 73rd most popular biography from Libya (down from 71st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Libyan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdelhakim Belhaj ranks 18,450 out of 19,576Before him are Malalai Joya, Corina Crețu, Fredis Refunjol, Mustapha Adib, Jean-Michel Blanquer, and Veronika Skvortsova. After him are Lena Ek, Evans Paul, Prakash Karat, Fahmida Mirza, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and Humza Yousaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Abdelhakim Belhaj ranks 703Before him are Alvaro Načinović, Ryoji Ikeda, Hamid Mir, Kristina Mundt, Dean McDermott, and Ladislav Maier. After him are Patrick McEnroe, Anette Norberg, Dafna Dekel, Roya Hakakian, Robert Hedin, and Nikolay Gulyayev.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Abdelhakim Belhaj ranks 73 out of 76Before him are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Abu Anas al-Libi (1964), Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (1952), Fathi Bashagha (1962), Don Coscarelli (1954), and Khamis Gaddafi (1983). After him are Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (1982), Al-Musrati (1996), Ahmed Maiteeq (1972), Mohammed Nabbous (1983), Ahmed Saad Osman (1979), and Mohammed Assaf (1990).

Among POLITICIANS In Libya

Among politicians born in Libya, Abdelhakim Belhaj ranks 44Before him are Muhammad Sakizli (1892), Muhammad Osman Said (1924), Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (1952), Fathi Bashagha (1962), and Khamis Gaddafi (1983). After him are Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (1982), Ahmed Maiteeq (1972), and Moussa Ibrahim (1974).