Although theoretically a collegial body operating through consensus building, <answer>Gaddafi</answer> dominated the RCC, although some of the others attempted to constrain what they saw as his excesses. <answer>Gaddafi</answer> remained the government's public face, with the identities of the other RCC members only being publicly revealed on 10 January 1970. All young men from (typically rural) working and middle-class backgrounds, none had university degrees; in this way they were distinct from the wealthy, highly educated conservatives who previously governed the country.
Whose face was most closely associated with Libya's new government?
Gaddafi