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Confirmed Leader killed LY flag Libya Verified · reviewed Jun 6, 2026 October 20, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi killed

NATO-backed rebel forces captured and killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi outside Sirte on 2011-10-20, ending 42 years of his rule. Libya descended into civil war and the country has remained divided between competing governments since 2014.

Referenced entities

Politicians

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Muammar Gaddafi killed [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/14f24241-1b75-42ae-940c-0f894e457ab7
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Muammar Gaddafi killed." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/14f24241-1b75-42ae-940c-0f894e457ab7.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-event-14f24241-1b75-42ae-940c-0f894e457ab7,
  title     = {{Muammar Gaddafi killed}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/14f24241-1b75-42ae-940c-0f894e457ab7},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2011-10-20. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2011-10-20. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.