Fathia Nuri Khalid | |
Office: | First Lady of Libya |
Term Label: | In role |
Leader: | Muammar Gaddafi |
Term Start: | 1 September 1969 |
Term End: | 2 September 1970 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Safia Farkash |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1946 |
Birth Place: | Tripoli, Libya |
Death Place: | Muscat, Oman |
Resting Place: | in Cemetery in Tripoli, Libya |
Children: | 1 |
Occupation: | Teacher, politician |
Fathia Nuri Khalid (Arabic: فتحية نوري خالد, 20 February 1946 – 23 July 2018) was a Libyan teacher. She was the first wife of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, former First Lady of Libya, and mother of Gaddafi's eldest son Muhammad.[1]
Fathia Nuri Khalid was the first wife of Gaddafi. They married a few months before Gaddafi came to power. She was a teacher, and it is said that their marriage lasted only one year, before they divorced so that Gaddafi could marry Safia Farkash.[2]