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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

1952 - 2012

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Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi ( Arabic: عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ʿAbdu l-Bāsiṭ Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Maqraḥī; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer. On 31 January 2001, Megrahi was convicted, by a panel of three Scottish judges sitting in a special court at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, of 270 counts of murder for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has received more than 805,753 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is the 14,703rd most popular politician (down from 13,434th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Libya and the 29th most popular Libyan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 14,703 out of 15,577. Before him are Oleh Tyahnybok, Arnaldo Otegi, Charles Sumner, George-Étienne Cartier, Victor Ciorbea, and Dolly Buster. After him are Oswulf of Northumbria, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Folke Rogard, Berthold Englisch, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, and Charles Townshend.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 428. Before him are Michael McDonald, Mario Theissen, Pierluigi Pairetto, David Garrison, Hasse Backe, and Lorna Luft. After him are Kevin Kelly, Veerappan, Carsten Jensen, Wojciech Fortuna, James P. Bagian, and Marcella Bella. Among people deceased in 2012, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 345. Before him are Bill Moggridge, Ralph McQuarrie, Corrie Sanders, Heino Kruus, Margaret Osborne duPont, and Susan Tyrrell. After him are Klaus Schütz, Keith Campbell, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Jacqueline Mazéas, Héctor Camacho, and Finn Pedersen.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 52 out of 64. Before him are Arcesilaus I of Cyrene (-637), Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921), Muhammad Gaddafi (1970), Muhammad az-Zanati (1944), Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi (1975), and Ibrahim Kuni (1948). After him are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (1952), Muhammad Sakizli (1892), Ali Treki (1937), Abu Anas al-Libi (1964), and Khamis Gaddafi (1983).

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Among POLITICIANS In Libya

Among politicians born in Libya, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 29. Before him are Ayesha Gaddafi (1976), Arcesilaus I of Cyrene (-637), Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921), Muhammad Gaddafi (1970), Muhammad az-Zanati (1944), and Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi (1975). After him are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (1952), Muhammad Sakizli (1892), Ali Treki (1937), Khamis Gaddafi (1983), and Nouri Abusahmain (2000).

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