Qadaffi dies in 1986?

What if Operation El Dorado Canyon was a success and Qadaffi was was killed by the bombing? Who would take power in Libya?
 
What if Operation El Dorado Canyon was a success and Qadaffi was was killed by the bombing? Who would take power in Libya?

Probably a new dictator comes into place from either the intelligence services or one of Gaddhafi's aides.

Perhaps, Moussa Koussa? I'm not sure he was all that senior though in 1986. According to Wikipedia, the Libyan "Prime Minister" was someone named Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab at the time. Or possibly the prior (and successive PM) Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi?

Anyone, someone probably seizes power, and the state remains authoritarian, albeit a more run-of-the-mill one. Many of the symbols and quirks of the Gaddhafi regime are quietly dismantled over time, so that by 2011, the "Libyan Jamahiriya" mostly resembles Tunisia under Ben-Ali. It would probably have closer relations with Europe, be less closed, and somewhat wealthier. The flag might be changed - probably not to the pre-Gaddhafi flag as in the OTL present, but perhaps a new one altogether.
 
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