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General Mehmet Kâzım Orbay (11 March 1886, İzmir – 3 June 1964, Ankara) was a military leader and statesman who held active roles during the final years of the Ottoman Empire and the founding and early years of the Republic of Türkiye. During the Turkish War of Independence, he served in high-command positions on various fronts; in the years following the proclamation of the Republic, he held significant military and administrative posts. Orbay served as the third Chief of the General Staff in t

Muhammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, served as Chief of Staff of the Libya Armed Forces between 2020 and 2025. He was appointed to this position in 2020 by the Government of National Accord and continued in office during the subsequent Government of National Unity. During the post-2011 period, he played a key role in military structures based in Tripoli and in organizing forces loyal to the Government of National Accord. He lost his life in an airplane crash on his return from an official visit to Türk