Pictures of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 1970s

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi seized power in a military coup in 1969. After rebels finally take his home town of Sirte, the former leader was reported dead by the Libya's National Transitional Council. Let's see how Lybia's dictator Muammar Gaddafi has changed in 30 years.

Post 1969 picture of Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (L) and Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser (R, 1918-70) arrive together in December 1969 in Rabat prior the Arab Summit Conference (AFP/Getty Images)

Post 1969 picture of Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (L) shaking hands in Tripoli with the President of Mauritania (1961-78), Mokhtar Ould Daddah (AFP/Getty Images)

President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada (2nd-L) poses with some of the Organization of African Unity (OUA, from left) Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Lybian leader Muammar Kadhafi in June 1972 in Kampala during an OUA summit. Idi Amin’s reign of terror lasted from 1971 when he seized power from Milton Obote, to 13 April 1979, when Tanzanian troops and exiled Ugandans stormed Kampala and removed him from power (AFP/Getty Images)

Picture dated July 1973 of Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (L) joking in Tripoli with a group of British hippies(AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (L) waves to the crowd in June 1975 in Tripoli followed Commandant Abdussaman Jalloud (R), the number two of the Libyan regime (AFP/Getty Images)

1971: A young Muammar Gaddafi in army fatigues (Terence Spencer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

August 1973: Gaddafi prays in the Libyan desert near Surt (Geneviève Chauvel/Sygma/Corbis)

November 1973: Gaddafi is jostled by press and TV reporters outside the Élysée palace in Paris after talks with President Georges Pompidou (Agence France Presse/Getty Images)

July 1973: Gaddafi waves to demonstrators gathered in Benghazi to show support for his return to office after he resigned as leader of the Revolutionary Command Council. The council refused to accept his resignation (Geneviève Chauvel/Sygma/Corbis)

1977: Gaddafi with Cuban leader Fidel Castro (Sipa Press/Rex Features)

November 1978: Gaddafi arrives at the 1978 Arab summit in Baghdad for Arab countries opposed to Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's decision to sign the Camp David agreement with Israel. The summit resulted in Egypt's suspension from the Arab League (Jacques Pavlovsky/Corbis)