'Muammar el-Qaddafi' definitions:

Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942) [syn: Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Khadafy, Gaddafi, Muammar al- Qaddafi, Muammar el-Qaddafi]