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===Rachid Ghannouchi=== | ===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]) | Leader of the Tunisian ''Ennahda Party'' ([http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/01/30/factbox-who-is-tunisias-islamist-leader-rachid-ghannouchi/ Reuters profile]) | ||
===Mustafa Abdel-Jalil=== | |||
Chairman, Libyan National Transitional Council. Former Minister of Justice [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14613679 BBC profile] | |||
===Mahmoud Jibril=== | |||
Head of Government of the Libyan National Transitional Council and international spokesman. Former head of Libyan National Economic Development Board. Previously a lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8720892/Libya-profile-of-Mahmoud-Jibril-head-of-the-NTC.html Daily Telegraph profile]. | |||
===Mohammed VI=== | ===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]). | 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]). | ||
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===[[Mohamed Hussein Tantawi]]=== | ===[[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]). | 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]). | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 04:00, 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)
Mustafa Abdel-Jalil
Chairman, Libyan National Transitional Council. Former Minister of Justice BBC profile
Mahmoud Jibril
Head of Government of the Libyan National Transitional Council and international spokesman. Former head of Libyan National Economic Development Board. Previously a lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh Daily Telegraph 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).