Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (Arabic: سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي, translated as "Sword of Islam"; born 25 June 1972) is a former Libyan political figure. He is the second son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash. Al Jazeera described him as a part of his father's inner circle, performing public relations and diplomatic roles on behalf of his father. He publicly turned down his father's offer of the country's second high...
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (Arabic: سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي, translated as "Sword of Islam"; born 25 June 1972) is a former Libyan political figure. He is the second son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash. Al Jazeera described him as a part of his father's inner circle, performing public relations and diplomatic roles on behalf of his father. He publicly turned down his father's offer of the country's second highest post and held no official government position. Despite this, during his father's reign, he was the second most-widely recognized person in Libya and was at times the "de facto" Prime Minister, according to American State Department officials in Tripoli, and was mentioned as a possible successor, though he denied this. An arrest warrant was issued for him by the International Criminal Court for charges of crimes against humanity against the Libyan people, for allegedly torturing and killing civilians, a charge that he has denied.
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