Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
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| September 2023 | Blamed the 2011 Libyan civil war and subsequent instability for the Derna dam collapses, criticizing rival governments and Khalifa Haftar's forces for their handling of the situation. |
| July 2023 | Called for Lebanon to release his brother Hannibal, describing his detention as 'illegal and inhumane' and 'without trial and without just cause'. |
| March 2023 | Al-Jazeera revealed testimonies from Wagner operative Maxim Shugaley, alleging that Saif al-Islam provided Russia with incriminating evidence implicating prominent politicians in France, the US, and Ukraine, including accusations that French President Emmanuel Macron accepted Libyan money through Algerian intermediaries to fund his 2017 presidential campaign. |
| July 6 2022 | Presented two proposals to resolve the Libyan crisis: one for appointing a neutral party to oversee elections, and another suggesting current political figures withdraw to make way for new faces. |
| January 29 2022 | Through his lawyer, proposed an initiative to resolve the political crisis by postponing presidential elections and proceeding with parliamentary elections. |
| 2021 | Denied being married in an interview with The New York Times, claiming to be lonely. |
| December 2021 | Decision to reject his presidential candidacy was overturned, reinstating him as a candidate less than a month after the initial rejection. |
| December 2 2021 | A Libyan court ruled to reinstate Saif as a presidential candidate. Reports suggest he had secretly met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Egyptian Chief of Intelligence Abbas Kamel before his reinstatement. |
| November 28 2021 | Stated to Al Arabiya that Libyan judicial authorities refused to hold hearings on his disqualification appeal. |
| November 16 2021 | Libya's High National Election Commission rejected Saif's candidacy due to previous criminal convictions. |
| November 14 2021 | Made his first public appearance since June 2014, confirming his intention to run for the presidency of Libya by registering his nomination in Sebha. |
| November 14 2021 | Attempted to register as a candidate in the Libyan presidential election but was initially rejected. |
| October 2021 | A female model representing Saif signed a contract with an Israeli consulting firm to run his presidential campaign, as reported by Israel Hayom. |
| August 12 2021 | Prosecutors in Tripoli issued an arrest warrant for Saif al-Islam over suspected links to the Wagner Group. |
| July 2021 | Gave his first interview with western media in ten years to The New York Times, criticizing Libyan politicians, hinting at a presidential run, and defending his father's political legacy. |
| June 2021 | Mahmoud Refaat claimed that Saif al-Islam secretly visited Damascus to meet with senior figures of the Bashar al-Assad regime, with the meeting brokered by Russia. |
| June 11 2021 | The Times exclusively spoke with Saif's political representatives, revealing his plans to return to public life and potentially run for president, with Saif confirming his identity and good health in a direct phone call. |
| February 14 2021 | Saif's lawyer Karim Khan was elected Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and subsequently recused himself from Saif's ICC case. |
| 2020 | Saif attempted to rebrand the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya into a new party called 'Libya Al-Ghad', but was vetoed by older party leaders. |
| December 2020 | The two previously arrested Russians were released from detention. |
| September 2020 | According to Corriere della Sera, Saif al-Islam was transported by a Russian airplane from Zintan to Moscow for secret meetings. |
| May 2020 | Turkish intelligence was reportedly searching for Saif in the western mountain region southwest of Tripoli, with intentions to either assassinate him or hand him over to the ICC. |
| March 2020 | The ICC confirmed that Saif al-Islam's case was admissible, despite a 2015 Libyan judgment against him, as the previous judgment was carried out in absentia. |
| May 2019 | Two Russians affiliated with Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group, Maxim Shugaley and Samer Hasan Ali Sueyfan, were arrested in Tripoli for conspiring with Saif al-Islam. |
| July 2018 | An audio recording was leaked online of Saif al-Islam requesting fighters from the Tuaregs in Ghat. |
| May 2018 | The International Criminal Court renewed its call for Saif al-Islam's arrest and transfer to their custody, seeking credible information about his location. |
| March 22 2018 | Gaddafi's spokesman announced in Tunis that Saif would run for president in the next Libyan general election under the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL), focusing on a reform and reconstruction program. |
| February 17 2018 | On the seventh anniversary of the First Libyan Civil War, tribal sources reported that international parties were attempting to provoke al-Qaeda-linked extremists to assassinate Saif al-Islam. |
| December 2017 | Saif allegedly claimed to have built an army and taken control of Sabratha, though this claim was unverified and potentially fabricated. |
| October 2017 | UN Support Mission in Libya head Ghassan Salamé suggested that Saif al-Islam might be allowed to participate in Libya's political reconstruction. |
| June 10 2017 | Released from prison in Zintan, according to a statement from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion. |
| April 2016 | Reported by Corriere della Sera to have married in Zintan and have a three-year-old daughter. |
| July 28 2015 | Sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Tripoli for crimes committed during the civil war, in a widely criticized trial. |
| 2011 | Ended romantic relationship with Orly Weinerman. His £10.9 million London mansion was seized. |
| November 19 2011 | Captured in southern Libya by the Zintan militia and flown by plane to Zintan after the end of the Libyan Civil War. |
| June 27 2011 | An international arrest warrant was issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity, charging him with killing and persecuting civilians. |
| May 2010 | Corresponded with Naomi Campbell via email to coordinate Ghislaine Maxwell's visit to Libya. |
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