The Colonel in Pretoria, 1999.

In 1999, world leaders descended upon Pretoria for South African President Thabo Mbeki’s inauguration.  The ”Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Arab Libyan Popular and Socialist Jamahirya” received the most thunderous reception.

The Library of Congress lists the 32 most common spellings of his names:

(1) Muammar Qaddafi,
(2) Mo’ammar Gadhafi,
(3) Muammar Kaddafi,
(4) Muammar Qadhafi,
(5) Moammar El Kadhafi,
(6) Muammar Gadafi,
(7) Mu’ammar al-Qadafi,
(8) Moamer El Kazzafi,
(9) Moamar al-Gaddafi,
(10) Mu’ammar Al Qathafi,
(11) Muammar Al Qathafi,
(12) Mo’ammar el-Gadhafi,
(13) Moamar El Kadhafi,
(14) Muammar al-Qadhafi,
(15) Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi,
(16) Mu’ammar Qadafi,
(17) Moamar Gaddafi,
(18) Mu’ammar Qadhdhafi,
(19) Muammar Khaddafi,
(20) Muammar al-Khaddafi,
(21) Mu’amar al-Kadafi,
(22) Muammar Ghaddafy,
(23) Muammar Ghadafi,
(24) Muammar Ghaddafi,
(25) Muamar Kaddafi,
(26) Muammar Quathafi,
(27) Muammar Gheddafi,
(28) Muamar Al-Kaddafi,
(29) Moammar Khadafy,
(30) Moammar Qudhafi,
(31) Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi,
(32) Mulazim Awwal Mu’ammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi.