Aisha Gaddafi
Libyan colonel and lawyer
Aisha Gaddafi (Arabic: عائشة القذافي, romanized: ʿĀʾiša al-Qaḏḏāfī; born December 24, 1977), also known as Ayesha Gaddafi, is a Libyan former mediator and military official, former UN Goodwill ambassador, and lawyer by profession.
She is the fifth child and only biological daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from his second wife Safia Farkash.
Education
Gaddafi was educated at the Paris Diderot University, and studied law at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Military service
She trained with the Libyan military, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-colonel.
Diplomacy
In 2000, after sanctions were imposed on Iraq, she arrived in Baghdad with a delegation of 69 officials. Shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, she met with Saddam Hussein.
In 2000, Aisha gave a speech at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London in support of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. When questioned about her support for the IRA in 2010, she stated "I have always been a supporter of all liberation movements. Britain is Britain and Ireland is Ireland." She also supported the Iraqi insurgents, stating "When you have an occupying army coming from abroad, raping your women and killing your own people, it is only legitimate that you fight them."
In 2011, she strongly denounced the policies of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. President Barack Obama, calling for a mediation of the Libyan Civil War through an international organization which would exclude them.
Aisha has served as a mediator on behalf of the government with European Union corporations.
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