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Last broadcast on Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 13:05 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
As Libyans absorb the impact of the death of Gaddafi, Owen Bennett-Jones explores what happens next after dictators leave power.
Some, like Gaddafi and Romania's Ceausescu, are killed outright.
Some, like Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic and Liberia's Charles Taylor, end up in international courts.
Yet others, like Stalin and Mao, pass away peacefully in bed.
So how does the manner of the dictator's downfall shape their country's chances of recovery?
Owen Bennett-Jones investigates.
(Photo:AP)
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Col Muammar Gaddafi was renowned not just for his cruelty, but also his theatricality. A tyrant in the mould of Mussolini, Idi Amin and Omar Bongo, could he be the last of the line?
What happens to deposed leaders?
In Ivory Coast, the country's former president, Laurent Gbagbo, is under arrest. In Libya, the calls for Col Muammar Gaddafi to stand down are gaining strength. So what happens to leaders if they lose power?
Broadcasts
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Sat 29 Oct 201119:05
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Sun 30 Oct 201113:05
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