[1] They had six daughters and three sons, including Khaled K. El-Hamedi, the president of Libyan NGO, International Organization for Peace, Care and Relief.

[5] Hameidi played a leading role in the 1969 Libyan coup d'état that overthrew King Idris and brought Muammar Gaddafi to power.

[6][2] After the successful coup, Hameidi was part of the twelve men that formed the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council (RCC).

[7] In August 1975, Planning Minister Umar Muhayshi, Bashir al-Saghir Hawady, and Awad Ali Hamza, who were all part of the 12-member RCC, led a coup against Gaddafi.

[8] The RCC was ultimately reduced to only five members: Gaddafi, Abdessalam Jalloud, Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, Mustafa Kharubi, and Hameidi.

[3] When the First Libyan Civil War broke out in February 2011, Hameidi did not hold any official political or executive office as he was retired.

[17] On 24 June 2011, an impassioned Hameidi spoke to Western journalists next to his demolished house with Moussa Ibrahim serving as the translator.

In February 2012, the Libyan Popular National Movement was founded by Gaddafi loyalists in exile and Hameidi served as its first Secretary General.