 He was condemned by many as a dictator whose authoritarian administration violated human rights and financed global terrorism.Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi was born near Qasr Abu Hadi, a rural area outside the town of Sirte in the deserts of Tripolitania, western Libya.His family came from a small, relatively uninfluential tribal group called the Qadhadhfa, who were Arabized Berber in heritage.