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Khalifa Haftar

1943 - Today

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Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Omar Haftar (Arabic: خليفة بالقاسم عمر حفتر, romanized: Ḵalīfa Bilqāsim Ḥaftar; born 7 November 1943) is a Libyan politician, military officer, and the commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LNA). In 2015, he was appointed commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected legislative body, the Libyan House of Representatives. Haftar was born in Ajdabiya. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khalifa Haftar has received more than 1,806,853 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Khalifa Haftar is the 180th most popular military personnel (up from 253rd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Libya (up from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Libyan Military Personnel.

Khalifa Haftar is a Libyan military officer who is most famous for his role in the Libyan Civil War. He is the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army and has been fighting against the forces of the UN-backed Government of National Accord.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Khalifa Haftar ranks 180 out of 2,058. Before him are Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Akechi Mitsuhide, Michiel de Ruyter, Hans Krebs, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. After him are John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Parmenion, Felix Steiner, Mardonius, Josip Jelačić, and Mikhail Frunze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Khalifa Haftar ranks 36. Before him are Howard Gardner, Horst Köhler, Raffaella Carrà, David Cronenberg, Bernard Tapie, and John Kerry. After him are Denis Sassou Nguesso, Johnny Hallyday, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Wright, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Gianni Rivera.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Khalifa Haftar ranks 12 out of 76. Before him are Aristippus (-434), Omar Mukhtar (1858), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Idris of Libya (1889), and Pope Victor I (100). After him are Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Lorenzo Bandini (1935), and Theodorus of Cyrene (-465).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Libya

Among military personnels born in Libya, Khalifa Haftar ranks 1. After him are Abdul Fatah Younis (1944), and Abu Anas al-Libi (1964).

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