In September 1969, a small group of junior military officers led by Gaddafi staged a bloodless coup against King Idris while he was in Turkey for medical treatment. His nephew, the Crown Prince Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi, had been formally deposed by the revolutionary army officers and put under house arrest; they abolished the monarchy and proclaimed the new Libyan Arab Republic.
Libya.
Libya
no he was a dicator
Yes, but he is not a president. He is a dictator.
Muammar al-Qaddafi is the person that set up a Dictatorship in Libya
Muammar Gaddafi was Libya's leader until his death in 2011. He was a Colonel during the Libyan revolution and as such, he was the de facto ruler of Libya until his death which also came during an uprising.
muammar gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi was a Libyan revolutionary and politician who ruled Libya for forty-two years. Muammar Gaddafi had ten children (a few adopted) in total.
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar al-Gadaffi was the leader and was ejected and was executed by the people of Libya. Libya does not have a new leader yet as of March 2013.
As of the beginning of May 2011, the leader is Muammar Gadhafi.
Muammar al-Gadaffi was the leader and was ejected and was executed by the people of Libya. Libya does not have a new leader yet as of March 2013.