LibyaMuammar Gaddafi was a Libyan military officer who seized power in a 1969 coup and ruled until he was overthrown and killed in 2011. His Green Book set out a Third International Theory and he declared a Jamahiriya, or state of the masses.
In the 12 Axes register, Muammar Gaddafi leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is Democratic 68%.
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Where Muammar Gaddafi sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Rule centralized in the leader despite 'people's committees'
Autocracy
Ruled 1969–2011 after seizing power in a coup
Totalitarian
Banned parties and strikes; hunted dissidents abroad
Non-Interventionist
Pursued pan-Arab and pan-African unions
Militarist
Fought Chad over Aouzou strip and backed armed groups
Monoculturalist
Persecuted Amazigh (Berber) communities as non-Arabic speakers
Socialist
The Green Book advocated socialism and nationalized industry
Interventionism
State-controlled oil economy and committees
Limited Trade
Under UN sanctions from 1992; reopened to the West in 2000s
Religious
Islamic modernist who promoted 'Islamic socialism'
Conservative
Introduced sharia; Green Book took a socially conservative stance
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Muammar Gaddafi is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Muammar Gaddafi is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.cidob.org
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The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
