(1966-05-01) 1 May 1966 (age 58)[1] Souq al Jum'aa, Tripoli, Libya
Allegiance
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (1995–2000s[vague][clarification needed]) National Transitional Council (2011–2012)
Service/branch
National Liberation Army
Commands held
Leader of the al-Watan Party and former head of Tripoli Military Council
Battles/wars
Afghan Civil War Libyan Civil War
Spouse(s)
Fatima Boudchar
Abdelhakim Belhaj (or Belhadj; Arabic: عبد الحكيم بلحاج, nom de guerre: Abu Abdallah Assadaq)[2] (born 1 May 1966) is a Libyan politician and military leader. He is the leader of the Islamist al-Watan Party and former head of the Tripoli Military Council.[3] He was the emir of the defunct Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, an anti-Gaddafi guerrilla group.[4][5]
As of June 2017, following the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis, Belhadj was placed on a terrorist watchlist on suspicion of terrorism and terrorist related activities with ties to Qatari support for such, by a number of nations, which include, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Libya's Tobruk government, as some supporting this claim.
^Jean-Pierre Perrin (29 August 2011). "Abdelhakim Belhaj ou le retour d'Al-Qaida". Le Temps (in French). Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011. – Translated as "Top Libyan Rebel Leader Has Deep Al Qaeda Ties". Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^"Libya to free 170 Islamist prisoners -charity". Reuters. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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AbdelhakimBelhaj (or Belhadj; Arabic: عبد الحكيم بلحاج, nom de guerre: Abu Abdallah Assadaq) (born 1 May 1966) is a Libyan politician and military leader...
Libyan Civil War Escobar wrote a piece "uncovering" the background of AbdelhakimBelhaj, whose military leadership against Gaddafi was being aided by NATO...
admission was made in connection with a case brought against them by AbdelhakimBelhaj, a Libyan opponent of the former Gaddafi regime, and his wife Fatima...
the late Libyan leader. During Blair's premiership, MI6 rendered AbdelhakimBelhaj to the Gaddafi regime in 2004, though Blair later claimed he had "no...
2014-04-21. Perrin, Jean-Pierre (29 August 2011). "AbdelhakimBelhaj ou le retour d'Al-Qaida" [AbdelhakimBelhaj or the return of Al-Qaida]. Le Temps (in French)...
Belhadj or Belhaj may refer to: Abdelhakim Belhadj (1966-), the emir of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Ahlem Belhadj (1964-2023), Tunisian psychiatrist...
torture. It cited the cases of two individuals, Binyam Mohamed and AbdelhakimBelhaj, who it said had been the victims of such abuses of power, and that...
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Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (1995–2000s[vague][clarification needed])
National Transitional Council (2011–2012)