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Muammar Gaddafi

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The Resume

    (June 7, 1942-October 20, 2011)
    Dictator of Libya (1970-2011)
    Graduated from University of Libya (1965)
    Staged a successful coup d'etat of Libyan monarchy (1969)
    Name has at least 37 alternative spellings

Why he might be annoying:

    He allegedly financed the 'Black September Movement,' which was responsible for killing Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics.
    He ordered the murders of Libyan dissidents living abroad (1980).
    He ordered the bombing of a German discotheque, which wounded over 80 US servicemen (1986).
    He paid Carlos the Jackal to kidnap and release several Iranian and Saudi Arabian oil ministers when it benefited him to do so.
    He refused to extradite two Libyans accused of planting a bomb on Pan Am flight 103, which killed 270 people over Lockerbie, Scotland (1988).
    He befriended the Soviet Union during at the height of the Cold War, and Libya was one of the first non-Soviet bloc countries to have MiG-25 aircraft fighters.
    He said: 'we consider ourselves in a state of war due to continued actions of American politicians.'
    He said: 'Ronald Reagan plays with fire. He sees the world like the theater.'
    Many speculated his later political actions were solely done to remove United Nations sanctions placed on Libya.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He announced that his country had a 'weapons of mass destruction' program, and allowed international inspectors into Libya to observe and dismantle them (2003).
    He finally turned in the two Libyans accused of planting the bomb on Pan Am flight 103 (1998).
    He offered to pay compensation to the victims' families (2002).
    He was one of the first Arab leaders to condemn the September 11th terrorist attacks, and he denounced Al-Qaeda.
    He rejected communism as being impure to Islamic philosophical thought.
    He is involved in many pan-African causes, including the Organization for African Unity.
    He is now considered as one of the more moderate Arab world leaders due to his policy changes towards western democracies.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 114 Votes: 61.40% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 318 Votes: 66.04% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 104 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 118 Votes: 55.93% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 219 Votes: 53.42% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 879 Votes: 45.62% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1138 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 259 Votes: 83.40% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 156 Votes: 80.13% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 453 Votes: 64.02% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 573 Votes: 60.91% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 584 Votes: 67.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 539 Votes: 80.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 1598 Votes: 81.23% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2030 Votes: 75.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 443 Votes: 74.27% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 165 Votes: 78.79% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 239 Votes: 77.82% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 774 Votes: 76.74% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 660 Votes: 69.55% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 894 Votes: 70.02% Annoying