Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (Arabic: معمر محمد أبو منيار القذافي‎ Arabic pronunciation: [muʕamar al.qaðaːfiː]; /ˈmoʊ.əmɑːr ɡəˈdɑːfi/;  audio (help·info); c. 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi,[b] was a <answer>Libyan</answer> revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the <answer>Libyan</answer> Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the "Brotherly Leader" of the Great Socialist People's <answer>Libyan</answer> Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. Initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, he came to rule according to his own Third International Theory before embracing Pan-Africanism and serving as Chairperson of the African Union from 2009 to 2010.
What was Gaddafi's nationality?
Libyan