Qaddafi

(kə dä)

Qaddafi, Muammar al- 1942-; Libyan political leader (1969-)
also Qadhafi

See Qaddafi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or Qa·dha·fi or Kha·da·fy

Libyan political leader who seized power in a military coup d'état against the Libyan monarchy (1969) and imposed socialist policies and Islamic orthodoxy on the country.
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