Muammar Gaddafi failed to encourage economic privatization.
From 1999 , Gaddafi rejected Arab socialism and encouraged economic privatisation , rapprochement with Western nations , and Pan-Africanism ; he was Chairperson of the African Union from 2009 -- 10 .	Chairperson of the African Union	Chairperson of the African Union	Arab socialism	Arab socialism	Pan-Africanism	Pan-Africanism	Chairperson	Chairperson of the African Union	African Union	African Union
