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MUAMMAR GADDAFI: A Legacy of fraternity and equality.

                                            The Late Col. Muammar Gaddafi, ruler of Libya  from 1969-2011

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (7 June 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his killing in 2011 by rebel forces. He first served as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the Brotherly Leader of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. Initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, Gaddafi later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

Globally, this African icon, The Late Col. Muammar Gaddafi was labeled a tyrant who hated his people, and before his demise in 2011, he was a man under siege, hunted by NATO forces as he was accused of tyranny and gross abuse of human rights. 

A highly divisive figure, Gaddafi dominated Libya's politics for four decades and was the subject of a pervasive cult of personality. He was decorated with various awards and praised for his anti-imperialist stance, support for Arab—and then African—unity, as well as for significant development of the country following the discovery of oil reserves. Conversely, many Libyans strongly opposed Gaddafi's social and economic reforms; he was posthumously accused of various human rights violations. He was condemned by many as a dictator whose authoritarian administration systematically violated human rights and financed global terrorism in the region and abroad.

Well, he stands guilty of the violation of human rights in some isolated cases, however contrary to global opinion, he stands to be immortalized for transforming the quality of life of Libyans for over 40 years. This man was commended for providing free education, housing, cars, and monthly allowances to all his people consistently and without prejudice. He practically made it possible for his people to enjoy the proceeds of oil exploration and trade. Oil was by then the main national natural resource that placed Libya at the helm of Global Oil Producing Countries.

How did he manage to do all that? In Africa, a National resource is considered a curse instead of a blessing as most leaders take advantage of exploration and trade of such resources and loot the proceeds in favor of themselves and their cronies.

Muammar Gaddafi ruled based on a philosophy founded on the principles of equality, grassroots involvement, and fraternity (the economic unification of all people). This philosophy was engraved in a book dubbed 'The Green Book of Libya', which stated that Libyans should organize themselves into small groups, subdivided into jurisdiction localities, and appoint representatives from within themselves. 

                                                         The Green Book of Libya.

These representatives were tasked to sit periodically to discuss the distribution of National resources to the people, plan development projects, and attend to arising challenges. They would then report to the National Government, in their endeavors, the representatives were always reminded to act based on morality, national duty, and love for the people.

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