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
