[kuh-dah-fee] 
| Mu⋅am⋅mar (Muhammad) al- or el- [moo-ah-mahr, al, el] , born 1942, Libyan army colonel and political leader: chief of state since 1969. |
| Qad·da·fi or Qa·dha·fi or Kha·da·fy (kə-dä'fē) 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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