 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, and for significant improvements that his government brought to the Libyan people's quality of life.Conversely, many Libyans strongly opposed his social and economic reforms, and he was posthumously accused of sexual abuse.