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Leader of Libya for over four decades after the 1969 coup, Gaddafi established a "Jamahiriya" of theoretical direct democracy under de facto authoritarian control, nationalized oil, funded pan-Africanist and third-worldist movements, and was deposed and killed during the 2011 civil war.
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Muammar Gaddafi leans further toward autocracy than 79% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
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On Immigration, Muammar Gaddafi sits close to the catalog median.
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Under Muammar Gaddafi (1969–2011), Libya nationalized oil and proclaimed the Jamahiriya's direct democracy. Power remained concentrated in Gaddafi, backed by revolutionary committees and repression of the opposition.
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