User:Addihockey10/Ayesha al-Gaddafi
| Ayesha al-Gaddafi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 |
| Allegiance | Libya |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Rank | Lt. General |
Ayesha al-Gaddafi (or Aisha, Arabic: عائشة القذافي) is a Libyan mediator and military official, former UN Goodwill Ambassador, philanthropist, humanitarian, and lawyer by profession. She is the daughter of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi,[1] and is suggested by some as a possible future leader of Libya. The 2011 Libyan Uprising places some doubt on this prediction.[2]
al-Gaddafi is dubbed in the Arab press as the "Claudia Schiffer of North Africa".[1]
On August 22, 2011, Libyan rebels stormed her home.[3] It is unclear as of yet what became of her.
Military service[change | change source]
She trained with the Libyan military, rising to rank of Lieutenant General, a position she still holds.[4]
Diplomacy[change | change source]
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.[4] 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 Libyan Civil War through an international organization which would exclude them.[5]
Ayesha has served as a mediator on behalf of the government with European Union corporations.[4]
UN Goodwill Ambassador[change | change source]
Ayesha al-Gaddafi was appointed as the United Nations Development Program National Goodwill Ambassador for Libya on July 24, 2009, primarily to address the issues of HIV/AIDS, poverty and women's rights in Libya, all of which are culturally sensitive topics in the country.[6][7] In February 2011 the United Nations stripped Ayesha of her role as a goodwill ambassador.[8]
Travel ban[change | change source]
She was placed under a travel ban on February 26, 2011, under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970.
Legal affairs[change | change source]
Saddam Hussein[change | change source]
In July 2004 she joined the legal defense team of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.[4]
Muntadhar al-Zaidi[change | change source]
Ayesha is also the head of the charity Wa Attassimou, which defended Muntadhar al-Zaidi when he faced charges stemming from the shoe-hurling incident.
NATO[change | change source]
She has sued NATO over the bombing of a building in Gaddafi's compound that allegedly killed her brother, Saif al-Arab Muammar al-Gaddafi, and her own infant daughter among the three grandchildren of her father's who were killed. She claims the attack was illegal, as it was a civilian building. al-Gaddafi's lawyers filed the petitions in Brussels and Paris in June 2011.[9]
However, on 27 July it was reported that Belgian prosecutors declined to investigate the war crimes complaint filed by al-Gaddafi against NATO (whose headquarters are in Belgium), saying that their country's universal competence law [requiring a connection between the complaint and Belgium] does not apply in the case.[10]
Marriage[change | change source]
In 2006 she married Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi, a cousin and an army colonel, and has three children.[1] Her husband was killed on 26 July 2011 during the civil war.[source?]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Aisha, Gaddafi's only daughter", The Telegraph. March 22, 2011. Accessed June 9, 2011
- ↑ "Muammar Al-Qaddafi's Libya", Kimberly L. Sullivan. Twenty-First Century Books, 2008. ISBN 0822586665, 9780822586661. p. 129
- ↑ v1d, "Video: Protesters earlier today storming Aisha Gaddafi’s house in Tripoli," The Libyan Youth Movement (August 22, 2011 ).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Gaddafi’s children as controversial as father", Al Arabiya News. February 23, 2011. Accessed June 9, 2011
- ↑ "Aisha Qaddafi taunts Clinton and Obama", Ann Binlot. CBS News. April 26, 2011. Accessed June 9, 2011
- ↑ "Dr. Aisha Gaddafi Appointed UN Goodwill Ambassadorr". The Tripoli Post. July 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Aisha Gadhafi: 5 Facts on Moammar Gadhafi's Only Daughter". AOL News. February 23, 2011.
- ↑ "UN drops Gaddafi's daughter as goodwill ambassador". Times of India. February 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Gaddafi daughter sues over attacks", Herald Sun. June 8, 2011. Accessed June 9, 2011
- ↑ From the (South African) Times, here
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