Godaffi's Socialism in Libya

Mama mohammed abu mina al gadafi came to power in 19 69, aged just 27 years old. He made huge strides to shed the grip of the west over the country and its valuable oil fields. Godaffi enforced a 51 % state ownership of all oil production on libyan soil along with other social reforms including rent caps and strict rules on gender pay equality. For the first time in libya's history, women, by law, had to be paid equally to men - but this only really benefited the middle classes.

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