He was the colonel of libya
Gaddafi has ruled for 42 years.
he started ruling libya in 1st september 1969
Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been the Libyan leader since 1969.
if you mean Colonel Moammar Gaddafi he was given power about 42 years ago
Gaddafi was born in the city of Sirt, when Libya was still under Italian control.
Before 2011, Libya is a one-man Dictatorship under Muammar Gaddafi. Right now, the country is under a state of political transition towards a multi-party Islamic democracy in the style of Pakistan.
in libya
As of the date of his murder in October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi had been in power in Libya for 42 years.
The flag of Libya consists of a solid green background. Green is the national color of Libya (according to Gaddafi) and also for devotion to Islam and to Gaddafi's Green Book. Gaddafi himself designed and chose the flag for his country.
Muammar Gaddafi was Libya's leader until his death in 2011. He was a Colonel during the Libyan revolution and as such, he was the de facto ruler of Libya until his death which also came during an uprising.