Ayesha Gaddafi (or Aisha, Arabic: عائشة القذافي, born in 1976) is a former Libyan mediator and military official, former UN Goodwill Ambassador, and lawyer by profession. She is the fifth child of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash.
She trained with the Libyan military, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; however, according to Libyan civilians, Gaddafi did not merit such a high rank and was afforded that h...
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Ayesha Gaddafi (or Aisha, Arabic: عائشة القذافي, born in 1976) is a former Libyan mediator and military official, former UN Goodwill Ambassador, and lawyer by profession. She is the fifth child of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash.
She trained with the Libyan military, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; however, according to Libyan civilians, Gaddafi did not merit such a high rank and was afforded that honor solely because she is Gaddafi's daughter.
In 2000 after sanctions were imposed on Iraq, she arrived in Baghdad with a delegation of 69 officials. Shortly before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, she met with Saddam Hussein. In 2011, she strongly protested the policies of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. President Barack Obama, calling for a mediation of the 2011 Libyan civil war through an international organization which would exclude them.
Ayesha has served as a mediator on behalf of the government with European Union...
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