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Saif al-Arab Gaddafi

1982 - 2011

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Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (Arabic: سيف العرب القذافي, romanized: Saifu l-ʿArab al-Qaḏḏāfī, lit. 'Sword of the Arabs; of the Gaddafa'; 1982 – 30 April 2011) was the sixth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. From around 2006 to 2010, Saif al-Arab spent much of his time in Munich. On 30 April 2011, the Libyan government reported that Saif al-Arab and three of his young nieces and nephews were killed by a NATO airstrike on his house during the Libyan Civil War. During the beginning of the uprising, Saif al-Arab was put in charge of military forces by his father in order to put down protests in Benghazi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saif al-Arab Gaddafi is the 18,677th most popular politician (down from 18,285th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Libya and the 44th most popular Libyan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ranks 18,677 out of 19,576Before him are Kira Rudik, Raman Singh, Chris Smith, Alcee Hastings, Douglas Wilder, and Mariya Kiselyova. After him are Matt Mead, Harris Wofford, Nadezhda Neynsky, Catherine Cortez Masto, Morgan Johansson, and Thom Tillis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ranks 558Before him are Cristian Daniel Ledesma, Marco Wölfli, Richarlyson, Dario Knežević, Susan Francia, and Rory Sutherland. After him are Ali Wong, Amer Shafi, Krisztián Pars, Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Farid Mansurov, and Hideaki Takizawa. Among people deceased in 2011, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ranks 515Before him are Jimmy Adamson, Karel Rachůnek, Sexy Cora, Cynthia Myers, Masanori Sanada, and Mark Hatfield. After him are Andy Rooney, Googie Withers, Heavy D, Claudia Heill, Mario Miranda, and Eddie Turnbull.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ranks 73 out of 76Before him are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Abu Anas al-Libi (1964), Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (1952), Don Coscarelli (1954), Khamis Gaddafi (1983), and Abdelhakim Belhaj (1966). After him are Al-Musrati (1996), Mohammed Nabbous (1983), and Hana Elhebshi (1985).

Among POLITICIANS In Libya

Among politicians born in Libya, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ranks 44Before him are Muhammad Sakizli (1892), Muhammad Osman Said (1924), Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (1952), Khamis Gaddafi (1983), and Abdelhakim Belhaj (1966).