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==Persona== | ==Persona== | ||
===Bashir al-Assad=== | |||
President of Syria [http://www.presidentassad.net/ website]. | |||
===Abdul Hakim Belhaj=== | |||
De facto commander of Libyan rebel army. Former commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (see interview | |||
<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091744,00.html Christophe Ayad: ''"We Are Simply Muslim": Libyan Rebel Chief Denies Al-Qaeda Ties'', Time, 4 September 2011]</ref>) | <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091744,00.html Christophe Ayad: ''"We Are Simply Muslim": Libyan Rebel Chief Denies Al-Qaeda Ties'', Time, 4 September 2011]</ref>) | ||
===Abdelaziz Bouteflika=== | |||
President of Algeria since 1999. Autocratic head of a regime that has been accused by the UN Human Rights Committee of "massacres, torture, rape and disappearances".([http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20070240-503543.html CBS profile]) | |||
===[[Muammar Gaddafi]]=== | |||
President of Libya<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12688033 Martin Asser: ''The Muammar Gaddafi story'', BBC news, 22 August 2011]</ref> from 1969 until his capture and death in October 2011. | |||
===Rachid Ghannouchi=== | |||
Leader of the Tunisian ''Ennahda Party'' ([http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/01/30/factbox-who-is-tunisias-islamist-leader-rachid-ghannouchi/ Reuters profile]) | |||
===Mohammed VI=== | |||
King of Morrocco since 1999. There have been some economic and social liberalisation measures during his reign, but he has retained sweeping powers ([http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/791867.stm BBC country profile]). | |||
===[[Hosni Mubarak]]=== | |||
Deposed president of Egypt. | |||
===Ali Abdullah Saleh=== | |||
[http://www.presidentsaleh.gov.ye/index.php?lng=en website] President of the Republic of Yemen. | |||
===Essam Sharaf=== | |||
Interim Prime Minister of Egypt ([http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12668416 BBC profile]) | |||
===[[Mohamed Hussein Tantawi]]=== | |||
Leader of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Egypt. Interim head of state since February 2011. Formerly Minister of Defence from 1991 and general commander for the armed forces from 1995.([http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12441512 BBC profile])([http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/10/06/mohamed-hussein-tantawi Carnegie Endowment profile]). | |||
==Libyan National Transitional Council== | ==Libyan National Transitional Council== | ||
Revision as of 03:51, 25 October 2011
Persona
Bashir al-Assad
President of Syria website.
Abdul Hakim Belhaj
De facto commander of Libyan rebel army. Former commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (see interview [1])
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
President of Algeria since 1999. Autocratic head of a regime that has been accused by the UN Human Rights Committee of "massacres, torture, rape and disappearances".(CBS profile)
Muammar Gaddafi
President of Libya[2] from 1969 until his capture and death in October 2011.
Rachid Ghannouchi
Leader of the Tunisian Ennahda Party (Reuters profile)
Mohammed VI
King of Morrocco since 1999. There have been some economic and social liberalisation measures during his reign, but he has retained sweeping powers (BBC country profile).
Hosni Mubarak
Deposed president of Egypt.
Ali Abdullah Saleh
website President of the Republic of Yemen.
Essam Sharaf
Interim Prime Minister of Egypt (BBC profile)
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Leader of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Egypt. Interim head of state since February 2011. Formerly Minister of Defence from 1991 and general commander for the armed forces from 1995.(BBC profile)(Carnegie Endowment profile).
Libyan National Transitional Council
Mahmoud Jibril. Head of Government and international spokesman. Former head of Libyan National Economic Development Board. Previously a lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh Daily Telegraph profile.
Mustafa Abdel-Jalil. Chairman. Former Minister of Justice BBC profile.
Abdel Hafidh Ghoga . Vice Chairman. Benghazi lawyer.
Ali Tarhouni. Finance minister. Former economics lecturer at University of Washington.
Fathi Terbil. Council member.
Khalifa Hifter. Senior commander of rebel army.
Ali al-Essawi. Council member. Former ambassador.