18 Facts About Hannibal Gaddafi

Hannibal Gaddafi started his maritime career by joining the Marine Academy of Maritime Studies, Libya in 1993 as a deck cadet.

Hannibal Gaddafi graduated in 1999, as a watch-keeping officer with a BSc degree in marine navigation.

Hannibal Gaddafi obtained successfully the combined chief officer and Master Mariner qualification from the Arab Maritime Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria in 2003.

Hannibal Gaddafi was appointed to this position in 2007, upon earning his MBA degree in Shipping Economics and Logistics from Copenhagen Business School.

Also in 2008, Hannibal Gaddafi lost a lawsuit he brought in Denmark against the Danish newspaper, Ekstra Bladet.

Hannibal Gaddafi failed to appear in court to present his side of the case, and the court ruled that the existing evidence supported Ekstra Bladet's version of events.

Hannibal Gaddafi's wife was found in the room bleeding heavily and was taken by ambulance to hospital where she was treated for facial injuries.

Hannibal Gaddafi later moved to Syria with his wife and children.

On 11 December 2015, Hannibal Gaddafi was kidnapped and held in Lebanon by an armed group demanding information about disappearance of Shiite Imam Musa al-Sadr, Sheikh Muhammad Yaacoub, and journalist Abbas Badreddine, but later was released in the city of Zahle.

Hannibal Gaddafi is still in captivity in Beirut with no information provided by the Lebanese government regarding future court hearings or a timeframe regarding his release.

Hannibal Gaddafi cited the fact that he was just three years old at the time of the event as proof of his innocence.

Hannibal Gaddafi stated that his father Muammar did not meet Sadr in August 1978 as he was in Sirte.

Hannibal Gaddafi claimed that Jalloud, and Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam were the only living people with knowledge about Sadr's disappearance.

BBC reported in June 2023 that Hannibal Gaddafi has gone on hunger strike to protest against his prolonged detention in Lebanon.

On 22 June 2023, Hannibal Gaddafi was hospitalized in Lebanon after a two-week hunger strike.

On 2 July 2023, Hannibal Gaddafi was reportedly hospitalized again after suffering a sharp drop in his blood sugar level.

In January 2024, Human Rights Watch called on Lebanon to release Hannibal Gaddafi, saying he had been held on "spurious charges" for eight years.

Hannibal Gaddafi married, in 2003, Aline Skaf, a Lebanese Christian former lingerie model, with whom he has three children.