Gadhafi family

A look at Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafis family. Their whereabouts are mostly unknown. Moammar Gadhafi
1942: Seized power in a military coup in 1969. An uprising against Gadhafi began earlier this year. Gadhafi responded by dispatching the military and plainclothes armed men on streets to attack demonstrators. Gadhafi has lost much of Tripoli to the uprising. An arrest warrant has been issued against him for crimes against humanity. His whereabouts after leaving his Tripoli compound, perhaps via a tunnel network to adjoining districts, remain unknown, although he appears to have been in Tripoli until recently.

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Mohammed

1971: Gadhafis eldest child, and the only one from his first marriage to Fatiha al-Nuri. Reportedly never interested in succeeding his father. Heads Libyas Olympic committee and the state-run telecommunications company. His capture was announced Monday, but is reported to have fled with the help of loyalist fighters.

Saif al-Islam
1972: Favoured son and presumed heir. Has a PhD from the London School of Economics. Left Libya in 2006 after criticizing his fathers regime, but later returned. He is regarded as the modern face of Libya, but in 2008 declared he had no interest in inheriting power from his father. His capture was announced Sunday, but on Tuesday he turned up in Tripoli and took foreign journalists on a tour of parts of Tripoli still apparently under regime control. He declared pro-Gadhafi forces would break the backbone of the rebels.

Saadi
1973: Former footballer and film producer. Apparently invested $100M in a film fund whose first production was set to be a remake of a German thriller called The Experiment. He was in the news last year when an Italian court ordered him to settle a $534,000 hotel bill. In March it was alleged he ordered soldiers to shoot at unarmed protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi. Captured with Saif, according to the rebels

Fatiha al-Nuri
Gadhafis first wife was a schoolteacher. The couple are reported to not have met before they married. They had one son, Mohammad, but separated after six months.

Mutassim
1977: One of the lesser-known sons abroad, despite being an integral member of the regime. Colonel in the military and the countrys national security advisor. He has a rivalry with Saif al-Islam.

Hannibal
1976: A trained seaman who branched out into the shipping business. Has an MBA from Copenhagen Business School. In 2008, he was arrested at a Geneva hotel for allegedly beating his servants. The incident prompted the Libyan government to boycott Swiss goods, expel Swiss companies and recall diplomats from the capital Bern. There have been other reports of alleged violence against female companions.

Safia al-Gadhafi
Gadhafis second wife and mother of seven of his biological children. The couple also adopted a son and daughter, Milad and Hanna.

Ayesha
1976 or 1975 Gadhafis only biological daughter. Lawyer and, until the beginning of the revolt, Ambassador of the United Nations Program for Development in Libya. Joined the defence team of executed former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.

Milad
Nephew and adopted son. He reportedly saved Gadhafis life during the U.S. bomb attack on his compound in 1986. Little is known about him.

Hanna
Daughter, adopted 1985. Killed during U.S. raids in 1986, according to the regime. In August 2001, a German newspaper claimed shes still alive and that she spent time in London and is now a doctor.

Saif al-Arab
1982: Previously the least known of Gadhafis biological children. Was studying at Munichs Technical University before being ordered home to Libya when the revolt broke out. Was known to German police for alleged arms smuggling. Killed in a NATO air strike on the Gadhafi compound on April 30, 2011, according to the regime.

Khamis
1983: Gadhafis youngest biological son. Directs the armys elite 32nd Reinforced Brigade, known as the Khamis Brigade. Was responsible for suppressing the revolt in Benghazi. Killed Aug. 21, 2011, according to rebels.