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.

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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.