He does not hold a formal government position, but is officially referred to as “Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya” (people’s state).
Hana wadhifa rasmi wa serikali, lakini anajulikana rasmi kama "Mwongozo wa Mapinduzi Makuu ya Kwanza ya Septemba ya Jamahiriya ya Watu wa Kisoshalisti wa Libya" (jimbo la watu).