the libyan power and social network: qadhafi, family, friends

THE LIBYAN POWER AND SOCIAL NETWORK: QADHAFI, FAMILY, FRIENDS, TRIBES AND BUSINESS PARTNERS
Musa Kusa
Foreign Minister, former External
Services Org (Intel) chief
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OLD GUARD ✩ TECHNOCRATS ✩ FAMILY
Mustapha Kharrub
Revolutionary Committee member
al-Hweildi al-Hmeidi
Revolutionary Committee member
Libyana
Telecommunication Committee
Omar Suleiman
Hussein Salem,
property deals, etc
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Qadhafi
Eldest son and the only child of Gaddafi's
first wife Fathia Khaled.
Property portfolio
Egypt
Fayoum Bedouins
Ahmed Qadhaf ad-Dam
Cousin, security and
intelligence advisor
DEFECTED?
Al Madar al Jadid
Libyan Olympic Committee
40% of Libyan Beverage Company
Gaddafi International Charity and Development
Foundation
Minister of Defense Abu Bakr al-Yunis
A brigadier general and de facto chairman of the
joint chiefs of staff
Saif al-Islam, second son and first child of his second wife
Safia Farkash. Long presumed heir-apparent.
London School of
Economics and Political
Science
Abdulhakim el-Ghami
(Key fixer for Seif, Munich-based)
Abdessalam Jalloud
Former prime minister, aide
Abdullah Sanussi al Megrahi
Married to a sister of Gaddafi's wife, said to
be behind 1970s and 1980s terrorist acts
and attempt on Saudi King Abdullah's life
Italian League
Abuzeid Dorda
D i r e ct o r o f E x t e r n a l Se r vi ce s
Organization (Intelligence), former PM,
fo r me r chai r o f H o us i ng and
Infrastructure Board
Masamir
Abdiyat
Misurata
Zawiya
Colonel Gaddafi's third son, Al-Saadi, is known for his
love of football. The WikiLeaks diplomatic cables claimed
that Al-Saadi was briefly an officer in a Special Forces unit
and heads a military battalion; he has a turbulent past,
including clashes with police in Italy. Marrie to the daughter
of prominent regime figure al-Khweildi al-Hmeidi
Livingstone Group
Strategic consulting
Mujraba
Major Tribes
REBEL LOYAL
Magarha
Shukhri Ghanem
Chairman of National
Oil Company
Qadhadhfa
Awaqir
Warfalla
Kawar
Muammar Qadhafi
Oil companies
Joint ventures and
production sharing
agreements
Mohammed Abdulla Bait al-Mal
Chairman of the Libyan Foreign Bank (main
forex / trade bank), former Finance Minister
General Ahmed al-Zwayy
Director of the Bureau of
Technical Cooperation & the
National Committee, Interim
People's Committee for Defense
Economic and Social Development
Fund (ESDF)
FIAT
Banca di Roma
Monitor Group
Provided consulting, PR
services, arranged meeting
with Hillary Clinton
Libyan Arab Foreign
Investment Company
(LAFICO)
Qatar (through joint
$2bn fund with Qatar
Investment Corporation)
As for Gaddafi's fourth son, Muatassim, national
security adviser who until recently had been portrayed as
something of a rising star. The WikiLeaks cables claimed
that he had demanded 1.2 billion dollars from the chairman
of Libya's national oil corporation in 2009, reportedly to
establish his own militia. Mentored by Musa Kusa.
Libyan Investment Authority
Sovereign Wealth Fund controls some
$70bn of assets around the world.
Arab Banking Corporation
Gaddafi's fifth son, Hannibal, is a major player in Libya's
maritime shipping industry. Hannibal has a long history of
unstable behavior and his mistreatment of two servants at
a Geneva hotel – which led to his arrest – resulted in a
diplomatic schism between Switzerland and Libya.
The least publicly known of Gaddafi's sons is Saif alArab Gaddafi, who reportedly lives in Munich.
FORTIS (unknown
stake invested in 2008 to
keep company solvent)
Kuwait
Gaddafi's only daughter is Aisha, a lawyer, who is said to
mediate family disputes. She runs a Libyan nongovernmental organization and is said to be a favored child
of the Libyan leader. She also holds the rank of Lieutenant
General in the Libyan army and famously was a member of
deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's legal defense team.
Abu Dhabi
TAMOIL
Downstream oil
company operating
in Europe and Africa
Galyna Kolotnytska
Nurse
National Football Association
Al Ahli FC
Libyan town of Zuwara into an Export Free Trade Zone
Owns the film production company World Navigator
Entertainment
National Security Council Members:
PM al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi (chairman);
National Security Adviser Mutassim alQadhafi; Foreign Minister Musa Kusa;
Minister of Public Security (MinInteriorequivalent) Rajib Saleh; Minister of Economy
and Trade Essawi; Minister of Finance
Muhammad Ali al-Hweij; and Chief of
Defense Major General Abubakr Yunis
Jafr. It is believed that Jafr encumbers the seat
reserved for a "representative of the Temporary
General People's Committee" per Law Number
Four of 2007, which established the NSC.
Oil companies
Forced to use
GLMTO to
transport oil
Gaddafi's sixth son is Khamis is said to be a "wellrespected" commander of a Special Forces unit – known as
the 32nd Brigade – which "effectively serves as a regime
protection unit."
al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi
Prime Minister, chairman of
National Security Council, Chair
of LIA
Perugina FC
(former player)
General Libyan Maritime Transport Organization
Juventus
Corinthia Group
(hotels and hospitality)
Juventus
(Through LAFICO)
Married to Aline Skaf