Muammar Al Qadhdhafi

Muammar Al Qadhdhafi, also known as Colonel Qadhdhafi, born 7 June 1942, is a Libyan politician and the de facto leader of Libya since a coup in 1969.

His Arabic name, معمر القذافي, has received many transcriptions in English: Muʿammar Al Qadhdhāfī is the most exact one, Muammar Gaddafi is the most frequent one, but one can also find Moammar Gadhafi, Muammar Qaddafi, Muammar Al Qadhafi, Muammar El Qaddafi.