2009 in LibyaThe following lists events that happened in 2009 in Libya.IncumbentsPresident: Muammar al-Gaddafi Prime Minister: Baghdadi MahmudiEventsFebruary 2 - Libyan President al-Gaddafi is elected as the chairman of the African Union.March - Libya hosts a visit from Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, less than a month after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for Bashir's arrest.August 20 - Abdel al-Megrahi, convicted for his role in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, is returned to Libya after being released from a Scottish prison due to his terminal illness. He is warmly greeted at the airport in Tripoli by thousands of Libyans.