Muammar Gaddafi was a military officer and political leader who ruled Libya for more than four decades, from 1969 until 2011. He came to power after leading a coup that overthrew King Idris I and established the Libyan Arab Republic. Gaddafi promoted a political philosophy outlined in his Green Book, which he described as an alternative to both capitalism and communism. He created a system he called “Jamahiriya,” meaning “state of the masses,” claiming that ordinary citizens would govern through

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