History shows many great leaders have enjoyed the company of beautiful women, but Moammar Gadhafi could give any leader a run for their money when it comes to the number of women he surrounded himself with.

The dictator had a squad of female bodyguards who had to be virgins to receive the honor of protecting his life.

The Daily Mail reported that the bodyguards had to take an oath to devote their lives to him and had to be with him day and night. They were well versed in martial arts and the use of weapons.

During Gadhafi's visit to Italy in 2009, he demanded 500 attractive Italian girls for an evening at his villa. He used the event to urge the girls to convert to Islam, and handed all of them copies of his Green Book.

Another woman who drew attention was Gadhafi's Ukrainian nurse Galyna Kolotnytska. U.S. diplomatic cables exposed by Wikileaks described her as a voluptuous blonde who was so close to the former Libyan leader that he never traveled without her. But she left Libya when a Ukrainian military plane flew 185 people out.

According to the BBC, Gadhafi married twice; his first wife Fatiha, was a school teacher. The marriage was shortlived as they separated after six months. Gadhafi has a son Muhammad from his first marriage.

According to Allvoices, Gadhafi met his second wife Safia, a nurse, in a hospital when he was admitted for an appendectomy in 1971. They got married in the same year. Safia Gadhafi is the mother of his seven other sons.

One other woman who hogged the limelight was Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha Gadhafi, who was described as the Claudia Schiffer of North Africa by the Arabic press.

Reportedly, Aisha is a lawyer and is married to Ahmed al-Gadhafi al-Qahsi, a cousin and army colonel, and is the mother of three children.

Check out the slideshow of the beautiful women in Gadhafi's life:

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Daily Mail reported that his virgin-only female bodyguards take an oath to lay down their life for him and it is claimed they never leave his side day or night. The trained female guards are well versed in martial arts and are experts in the use of weapons. The girls go through a stringent physical training and the ones who do not drop out emerge capable of defending their leader. However, the final selection is done by Gaddafi himself. He terms the exercise as a model of female emancipation. Daily Mail quotes him as saying "Women should be trained for combat, so that they do not become easy prey for their enemies." Reuters
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Aisha Gaddafi, daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and director of the Libyan Waatassimou Charity association, arrives to attend the end of the 6th international women's Koran reading competition in Tripoli August 30, 2010. Reuters
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Safia Gaddafi, wife of the colonel Creative Common
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Rahma Saleh, suspected of being a bodyguard to Moammar Gadhafi, sits in a post office in Tripoli Reuters
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Libyan leader Gadhafi and Ukraine's President Yushchenko take part in an official welcoming ceremony in Kiev Reuters
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