[Skripsi ini membahas tentang awal kekuasaan, masa kekuasaan, akhir kekuasaan
Muammar Qaddafi di Libya, sumbangannya dalam membangun Libya dan faktorfaktor
pemicu penggulingan kekuasaannya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode
penelitian sejarah, meliputi proses pemilihan topik, pengumpulan sumber, verifikasi,
interpretasi dan penulisan. Hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa Qaddafi memperoleh
kekuasaan melalui kudeta militer dan mendapat dukungan karena rakyat rindu sosok
pemimpin pro-rakyat, anti imperialisme dan kolonialisme. Massa kekuasaan Qaddafi
dijalankan dengan sistem otoriter sehingga dapat melanggengkan kekuasaannya.
Adapun faktor-faktor yang memicu jatuhnya kekuasaan Qaddafi adalah faktor
sejarah, kekecewaan rakyat, krisis ekonomi, adanya Arab Spring yang menginspirasi
rakyat dan peran pihak asing., This undergraduate thesis talks about Libya before, during and after Muammar
Qadafi's regime in Libya, his contributions in developing the country and also factors
that caused his fall. This research used historical research method, which includes the
selection process of the topic, data research, verification, interpretation and writing.
The result shows that Qaddafi obtained his power through a military coup and
people's sympathy, since people were looking for a figure who was anti-amperialism
and colonialism, and having people's based policies. Qaddafi run with an
authoritarian system so as to maintain its power. There are also factors that triggers
his regime to fall, like historical reason, people's discontentment, economic crisis, the
existence of Arab Spring which influenced the people and the intervention from other
countries.]