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<span itemprop="jobTitle">Bronisław Komorowski was born on 4 July 1952 in Oborniki Slaskie near Wroclaw, in a family with strong traditions of independence and gentry. After the war he family settled in Lower Silesia although its roots are in the Eastern Kresy and Vilnius. Komorowski’s early childhood was spent in Poznan where his maternal grandparents lived, having returned from the war exile.<br /><br /><br />Between 1957 and1959 the Komorowski family, i.e. the parents, Bronislaw and his two sisters, lived in Jozefow near Otwock where the whole family crammed in a 10-metre kitchen of a damp barrack.<br />In 1959 the Komorowskis transferred to Pruszkow near Warsaw, where Bronislaw started primary education which he terminated already in Warsaw, moving with the family in 1966. He graduated from Cyprian Kamil Norwid High School and went on to study history in the Department of History at the University of Warsaw. He has been involved in the Scout Movement, which he credits for meeting his future wife. His anti-communist activity commenced when he was a highschooler - he participated in demonstrations, e.g. during March 68 events. He was arrested for the first time in 1971, at the tender age of 19.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /><br />In 1976 he took part in support operations for the victim workers from Radom and Ursus and cooperated with the Workers Defence Committe and the Movement for Defence of Human and Civic Rights. He organised patriotic rallies, worked as an underground printer, journalist, distributor and publisher, of, among others, Historical and Literary Library. During the years of his underground activity he was repeatedly arrested and persecuted.Under martial law he was detained in an internment camp.<br /><br /><br />In 1977 he married Anna Dembowska and is a father of five adult children – Zofia, Tadeusz, Maria, Piotr and Elzbieta as well as a grandfather of a 10-month-old Stanislaw. In 1977 he completed his MA studies and started an internship in Zespol Prasy PAX. From 1980 to 1981 he worked for the Centre of Social Investigation of NSZZ "Solidarity" and the years of martial law saw him working as a teacher of history at the Lower Seminary in Niepokalanow, where he stopped teaching in 1989.<br />Starting from 1982 he was an editor of an independent underground magazine ‘ABC’ (which stands for the Adriatic Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea) which was dealing with the problems of the East and Central-East Europe.<br /><br />After 1989 he became a member of the home section of the Polish Community – an association helping the Poles living abroad. He was also the president of the Foundation for Helping Polish Libraries, the president of the board of the Euro-Atlantic Association as well as the president of Maritime and River League. Since 1989 he has held several government posts.<br /><br />From 1989 to 1990 he was a manager of the office of minister Aleksander Hall. In 1991 he became an MP for the first time and has been holding this post for six terms now. He worked in a Committee for Poles Abroad, National Defence Committee and Committee for Foreign Affairs.<br /><br />From 1990 to 1993 he was a civil deputy minister for national defence specialising in educational and social issues in the governments of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki and Hanna Suchocka.<br /><br />Between 1997 and 2000 he presided over the Parliamentary National Defence Committee. Between 2000 and 2001 he was the minister of national defence in the government of Jerzy Buzek. Since 2001 he was the deputy chairman of the Parliamentary National Defence Committee and a member of Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs. Bronislaw Komorowski was a member of Freedom Union, where he was a general secretary and was also involved with Conservative People’s Party, holding a position of deputy president.<br /><br /><br />Since 2001 he has been a member of Civic Platform in which he held the function of the chairman of the Mazowsze Region and since 2006 has been the deputy chairmain of the party.<br /><br /><br />In October 2005 he was elected Deputy Speaker for the 5th Lower House of Parliament. Before the last elections he wrote fragments of Civic Platform’s manifesto concerning foreign policies. In 2007 parliamentary elections Bronislaw Komorowski was on Civic Platform’s list in the Warsaw constituency, and polled almost 140,000 votes – a record-breaking number for this constituency.<br />On 5 November 2007 in the first session of the 6th Lower House of Parliament Bronisław Komorowski was elected Speaker by 292 votes. In the primary elections for Civic Platform’s candidate to run for presidency he won by landslide with 68.5% of support votes nationally, in all age groups and regions.<br /><br />As a result of the tragic death of President Lech Kaczyński in the Smolensk plane crash on 10th April 2010, Bronisław Komorowski, the Speaker of the Sejm, became acting President of Poland, subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. He held the office until 8th July 2010, when he resigned from the position of the Speaker of the Sejm.<br />He received 6 981 319 votes (41.54%) in the first round of the presidential election on 20th June 2010, and came as the first out of 10 candidates. In the second round of the election (on 4th July 2010), 8 933 887 voters supported Komorowski (53.01%), enabling him to defeat the Law and Justice party candidate, Jarosław Kaczyński. Komorowski will be sworn in as president before the National Assembly on 6th August 2010.</span></div>
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<g:plusone count="true" data-gapiscan="true" data-gapistub="true" data-onload="true" size="standard"></g:plusone>U Thein Sein is Myanmar former Prime Minister and President since March 2011 to present. President Thein Sein is one of the most adorable politicians in Myanmar in such moral, humility and his love of change. It is the reason some people give him a title “Reformist.”<br />
<b>Family:</b> U Thein was born in a small village, Kyonku village, Ngapudaw Township, Pathein District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar on 20 April 1945. He was the youngest son of U Maung Phyo and Daw Khin Nyunt, born in a small wooden house on the road that runs through the center of Kyonku. All his childhood was being a poor kid. Mr. Kyaw Soe, a person from Kyonku village, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world/asia/a-most-unlikely-liberator-in-myanmar.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1" target="_blank">said</a>, ‘His parents were landless, and his father, U Maung Phyo, made a living carrying cargo at the river jetty and weaving bamboo mats.’ U Thein Sein married to Daw Khin Khin Win and they have three daughters.<br />
<b>U Thein Sein Service and Career:</b><br />
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<li>1968 Graduate of the Defense Services Academy – 9th intake</li>
<li>1988 Light Infantry Division 55 (Military Rank: Major; Location: Kalaw, Shan State)</li>
<li>1989 Graduate of the Command and General Staff College (Location: Kalaw, Shan State)</li>
<li>1990 Commander of Infantry Battalion 89 (Location: Kale, Sagaing Division)</li>
<li>1992 – 1995 General Staff Officer at the War Office (Military Rank: Colonel; Location: Rangoon)</li>
<li>1995 Military Operations Command- 4 (Location: Hmawbi Township, Rangoon. Assigned to establish the newly-formed military command)</li>
<li>1996 – 2001 Commander of the Triangle Regional Command (Military Rank: Brigadier General; Location: Kengtung Township, Shan State)</li>
<li>Nov 2001 –Aug 2003 Adjutant General of the War Office (Military Rank: Major General.</li>
<li>Aug 2003 – Oct 2004 SPDC Secretary-2</li>
<li>Oct 2004 – Oct 2007 SPDC Secretary-1</li>
<li>May 2004 – Sep 2007 Chairman of the National Convention Convening Commission (Oversaw the National Convention’s proceedings)</li>
<li>Oct 2007 – Feb 2011 SPDC Prime Minister</li>
<li>Oct 2008 – Feb 2011 Chairman of the National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee (Tasked to oversee relief efforts for cyclone Nargis)</li>
<li>Apr 2010 – Feb 2011 USDP Chairman (Resigned from the USDP after being elected as Burma’s President)</li>
<li>Nov 2010 – Feb 2011 Member of Parliament (Elected with 91% of the votes as the USDP candidate to the People’s Assembly in Naypyidaw’s Zabuthiri Township)</li>
<li>Feb 2011 – Present Head of the National Defense and Security Council (NDSC)</li>
<li>Feb 2011 – Present President of Myanmar (Elected with 408 out of 659 votes (62%) in the National Parliament) (Source:<a href="http://www.altsean.org/Research/Regime%20Watch/Executive/President.php" target="_blank">ALTSEAN</a>)</li>
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<b>Personality:</b> U Thein Sein is a humble man and who hate corruption. “There were certainly people who were close to the military who thought that he was one of the better ones, that he was not personally corrupt,” <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world/asia/a-most-unlikely-liberator-in-myanmar.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1" target="_blank">said</a> Larry Dinger, who headed the U.S. mission in Myanmar until last August.While he was serving in Shan Stage all people love him. “If you ask the people here which commander they liked the most, it would go to him,” Mr. Khuensai <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world/asia/a-most-unlikely-liberator-in-myanmar.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1" target="_blank">said</a>. “Or, more accurately, he was the commander that people hated the least.”<br />
<b>Three Things That Open U Thein Sein Eyes:</b><br />
1. Nargis Cyclone: When the Nargis Cyclone disaster happened to Myanmar in 2008, Thein Sein was the head of the country’s disaster preparedness committee and thus the leader of the military junta’s emergency response efforts. His native village, township and district was the most hit area. He saw how thing went terrible and horrible, it made him realize the limitations of the old regime.<br />
2. International Affair: During his Prime Minister career, he represented Myanmar and visited several countries such as US (New York), Singapore and other countries. He saw something. This opened his eyes to the economic backwardness of the country, one of the poorest in Asia as well as the world.<br />
3. Saffron Revolution: 2007 Saffron Revolution may turn his mind from the old regime. In Saffron revolution thousands of Monks were killed. According to close source U Thein Sein is devoted Buddhist. This occurred may be one of the most difficult thing for U Thien Sein to deal with. No more old school, start new fashion.<br />
Some Result in His President Time:<br />
When U Thein Sein became national leader, Myanmar has tasted new governing style; both authorization and democracy. Later on it changed step by step. Latest election, 1 April 2012, is free and fair election, there will be no more by election than that. International community also satisfied about that. The first and biggest thing President U Thein Sein has done change step by step. He is not revolutionist but he is reformist (Not Revolution but Evolution). Let’s count some change that we can see<br />
1. Released Political Prisoners<br />
2. Lead the election free and fair<br />
3. Communicate to International Society (Ease Sanction)<br />
4. Convince NLD and International Community<br />
5. Reconciliation With Rebels<br />
6. Open wider door for media and press</div>
Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-85473237342961450862013-02-14T18:53:00.003-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.554-08:00François Hollande<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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François Hollande was born in Rouen on August 12th 1954. He is currently the President of France. Hollande graduated from Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, École nationale d'administration and HEC School of Management. He has worked as a lawyer, a politician, a mayor and a president.</h3>
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françois Hollande was born in Rouen, France in 1954. He attended a series of elite French schools and joined the Socialist Party in 1979. First elected to the Ussel town council, he went on to win a National Assembly seat in 1988. He was made chair of the Socialist Party and announced a bid for the presidency in 2011, and beat incumbent <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/nicolas-sarkozy-37799">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> to become France's 24th president in 2012.</div>
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François Hollande was born on August 12, 1954 in Rouen, France to a right-wing physician father and a progressive social worker mother. The family moved to Paris when Hollande was 13, and after graduating from the public school system, he attended the Institut de Sciences Politiques and then the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, France's top business school. He then entered the École Nationale d’Administration.<br />
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Hollande demonstrated an early interest in politics and volunteered for <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/fran%C3%A7ois-mitterrand-9410764">François Mitterrand</a>'s second unsuccessful presidential campaign while he was still a student. Five years later, in 1979, he joined the Socialist Party. By then, Mitterrand had been elected on his third try and he appointed Hollande a junior economic advisor. Hollande held this post until he went to work for Max Gallo, the press secretary to former prime minister Pierre Mauroy.<br />
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In 1983, Hollande began serving on the Ussel town council and was elected to the National Assembly in 1988. Although he lost his seat in 1993, he reclaimed it in 1997. That same year, Lionel Jospin tapped Hollande to be the Socialist Party chairman. Hollande was then elected mayor of Tulle in 2001 and held the post until 2008.<br />
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While a student at Ecole Nationale d'Administration University, Hollande met and began dating <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/s%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne-royal-39801">Ségolène Royal</a>. They lived as domestic partners but did not marry, having four children together. Royal had political aspirations of her own and in 2007 ran for president against Hollande's wishes.<br />
A few weeks after her defeat, the couple announced their separation. Mere days after they made the announcement, Royal published a book accusing Hollande of having an affair with Valerie Trierweiler, a political journalist with <i>Paris Match</i>. Hollande admitted to the affair, and he and Trierweiler have been together since.<br />
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In March of 2011, Hollande announced that he would seek the Socialist Party nomination for president. He faced five other candidates in the primary, including <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/s%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne-royal-39801">Ségolène Royal</a> and the frontrunner, IMF Managing Director <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/dominique-strauss-kahn-20643345">Dominique Strauss-Kahn</a>. When Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York on sexual assault charges, Hollande took the lead in polls. He won the party's nomination on October 16, 2011. The following January, Hollande outlined a list of policies that he would seek to enact if elected, including increasing taxes on corporations, reducing the retirement age, establishing a public investment bank to promote French industry, and granting marriage and adoptions rights to same-sex couples. <br />
President <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/nicolas-sarkozy-37799">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> announced that he would seek re-election in February 2012 and promptly began criticizing Hollande’s proposals, claiming they would be disastrous for the economy. Polls initially showed a close race, but Hollande pulled ahead comfortably in the second ballot. He won France's presidential election on May 6, <br />
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-51380291227825353752013-02-14T18:53:00.002-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.538-08:00Pratibha Patil <div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Born On:</b> 19th December 1934<br />
<b>Born In:</b> Nadgaon, Maharashtra<br />
<b>Career:</b> President of India<br />
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Pratibha Patil was born to Narayan Rao on 19th December 1934, in a small village of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra. She received her early education at Jalgaon. She did postgraduation at Jalgaon. She obtained a law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai. She was very good at sports and games. She was a good player of table tennis. She won various inter-college tournaments.<br />
Pratibha Patil began her political career in 1962 at the age of 27 when she was elected in assembly election from Edlabad constituency. In 1967, she became deputy minister for education. In her next term in 1972-78, she was a full cabinet minister for the state. She held the portfolios of tourism, social welfare, housing, etc. In 1985, she was elected to the Rajya Sabha. She never lost election that she contested.<br />
Pratibha Patil was married to educator Devising Ramsingh Shekhawat in July 1965. She set up an education institute in Jalgaon and Mumbai with her husband Ramsingh Shekhawat. She also constituted Shram Sadhana Trust that runs hostels for working women in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. She also founded a co-operative sugar factory and a co-operative bank named after herself as Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank. She has also been involved in setting up various educational and professional institutions to help the neglected, deprived and disadvantaged sections of society.<br />
In 1977, when there was split in the Congress Party, Pratibha Patil remained with Indira Gandhi while many senior Congress leaders joined the other faction of the split Congress. She also served as the deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha. In 1991, she was for the first time elected for the 10th Lok Sabha from Amravati, her husband’s city. In 2004, she was appointed the governor of Rajasthan. She was the first woman to honour this prestigious post. She resigned from the post of the governor of Rajasthan on June 21, 2007, when she filed nomination as a candidate for President Election. She was the deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha from November 1986 to November 1988. She efficiently performed her duty.<br />
Pratibha Devising Patil created history in Indian politics by being the first woman President in the 60th year of India’s Independence. At the age of 72, with wide political experience she is expected to take the nation at the height of fame and glory by her vision and decision. Indian women have lots of expectations from the President.<br />
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-58164319054684420242013-02-14T18:53:00.001-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.541-08:00Pranab Mukherjee <div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Pranab Mukherjee is the 13th President of India. He won the Presidential Elections to his rival P Sangma by a huge Margin. Pranab Mukherjee was born in a Brahmin family at Mirati in Birbhum district of West Bengal to Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee and Rajlakshmi Mukherjee on December 11, 1935.<br />
His Father, Kamada Kumar Mukherjee was a Freedom Fighter and an active member of Indian National Congress, who had spent more than 10 years in British jails.<br />
Pranab Mukherjee graduated from Suri Vidyasagar College under University of Calcutta withs a Master of Arts degree in History and Political Science and also a degree in law.<br />
Mukherjee was upper-division clerk in the office of the Deputy Accountant-General (Post and Telegraph) in Calcutta and later became a college-teacher and later a journalist in Bengali publication <i>Desher Dak</i> (Call of Motherland).<br />
Mukherjee was chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata. He is also the former chairman and president of the Rabindra Bharati University and the Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan. Mukherjee is a former trustee of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad and the Bidhan Memorial Trust. Mukherjee used to be on the Planning Board of the Asiatic Society<br />
His Political career begun as a Rajya Sabha member from Congress Party in 1969. Thereafter, he re-elected in 1975, 1981, 1993, and 1999. His ministerial career begun in 1973 as the Deputy Minister, Industrial Development. After that he hardly looked back. When he was the Finance Minister of India during 1982 to 1984, Euromoney Magazine rated him as the best Finance Minister of the world.<br />
Thereafter, barring a brief period, Shri Mukherjee, served the country as a cabinet Minister, more or less in every National Congress Ministry.<br />
<b>Personal Life</b><br />
Pranab Mukherjee was married to Suvra Mukherjee on July 13, 1957 and has two sons, Abhijit and Indrajit and a daughter.<span style="font-size: 11px;"> </span>Abhijit Mukherjee, is a Congress Legislator from West Bengal.<br />
Pranab Mukherjee is very Religious. He makes it every year to his ancestral Village to Celebrate Durga Puja.The puja having a ‘social dimension’ for him. “I want to avail of this opportunity to be with the people of my area,” he said once.<br />
As an Author he has written 5 Books, <b>Midterm Poll</b> –1969, <b>Beyond Survival: Emerging Dimensions of Indian Economy</b> – 1984, <b>Off the Track</b> –1987,<b>Saga of Struggle and Sacrifice</b> –1992 and <b>Challenges Before the Nation</b> (on Indian National Congress)- 1992.</div>
Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-73613198864109810542013-02-14T18:53:00.000-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.553-08:00Bhumibol Adulyadej<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Bhumibol Adulyadej</h1>
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<b>Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927) was declared king of Thailand in 1946 and formally crowned four years later. He represented the Chakri Dynasty that has preserved the independence of Thailand for more than 200 years.</b> </blockquote>
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, born on December 5, 1927, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the only Thai monarch ever to be born abroad. He was the youngest son of Prince Mahidol of Songkhla, and the direct grandson of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), noted for the widespread reforms he introduced into Thailand.<br />
After a short period of primary school in Bangkok, King Bhumibol left with his family for Switzerland, where he attended the Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande, and then received his Bachelier des Lettres diploma from the Gymnase Classique Cantonal of Lausanne. He entered Lausanne University to study science but, following the mysterious death of his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol, in June 1946, he was declared king, although his formal coronation did not take place until May 5, 1950. On April 28 of that year he married Queen Sirikit of the Kittiyakara family. He returned to Switzerland to study political science and law, but was called back to Thailand to deal with pressing national needs.<br />
The role of the Thai monarch is pivotal in the society of Thailand. Not only is he the figure that has preserved the Thai state in the face of repeated external threats through the 200 years of the Chakri Dynasty, he is also the symbol of the nation. Even more, he is the focus of the continuity of Thai values and social cohesion in spite of rapid social and economic change. He is the leading supporter of Buddhism in Thai society, and the stability that he provides through his very presence is what allows swings of political activity and military coups to take place without threatening the fabric of Thai society. There is no question that he is widely revered.<br />
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Used His Position To Help His Countrymen</h2>
Traditionally, the monarch in Thailand has been considered above politics, and for years King Bhumibol played an inconspicuous political role in keeping with that view. He was, however, drawn into current events on occasion to mediate crises or negotiate compromises, and it was a testament to his position and the reverence in which he was held that he succeeded.<br />
Bhumibol was a symbol both of national unity and of modernity. Unlike other monarchs before him, Bhumibol visited every province of his country and suggested infrastructural improvements that might benefit the people. His personal work in rural areas was widely acclaimed because of his success in convincing hill tribes to switch their growing of opium to that of vegetables, fruit, and coffee. As a result, opium cultivation declined by 85%. Village roads, electricity, and irrigation systems were all part of Bhumibol's rural development efforts and modernization of Thai farming.<br />
Describing himself as "an amateur scientist," Bhumibol turned substantial portions of his Bangkok residence, the Chitralada Palace, into living laboratories where projects were undertaken to improve the standard of living. Royal Chitralada Projects included livestock improvement, milk production, hybridization of grains, bee keeping, fish breeding, reforestation, and various food processing techniques. According to the King's wishes, the palace grounds functioned as one great workshop and school for teaching and learning—all for the good of national development.<br />
Because of his broad international training, the king was noted as a devotee of modern music and played the clarinet, as well as composed. He was said to have broad cultural interests, but the myriad ceremonial duties left him little time for personal interests.<br />
King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit had four children, a son and three daughters. The eldest child, Princess Ubon Ratana, was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 5, 1951, and renounced her title when she married an American in 1972. Crown Prince Vijiralongkorn was born in Bangkok on July 28, 1952. He was a graduate of the Australian Royal Military Academy in 1975 and of the Thai Command and General Staff College in 1978. Princess Sirinthon was born on April 2, 1955, and was in a graduate education program at Srinakharinwirot; and Princess Chulaphon, who was born on July 4, 1957, studied chemistry at Mahidol University in Bangkok.<br />
Although Bhumibol preferred his people to politics, he nevertheless commanded enough respect to successfully intervene politically when necessary. In 1981 he was able to thwart an attempted coup against Premier Prem Tinsulanond by simply requesting that those involved cease their efforts. In 1992 the King's public chastisement of the military government's handling of pro-democracy demonstrations again restored order. Bhumibol was universally revered throughout Thailand and contributed greatly to his country's stability. On June 9, 1996, Bhumibol celebrated his 50th anniversary on the throne, becoming Thailand's longest ruling monarch.<br />
The Chakri Dynasty accomplished the difficult task of keeping Thailand independent in the face of colonial threats and created a modern state while preserving its cultural traditions. King Bhumibol continued in that tradition by extending the power of the central government to its peripheral geographical areas and attempting to improve the lot of the rural poor. As the chief supporter and principal patron of Buddhism, the king was in some real sense viewed as the symbolic embodiment of that long tradition.</div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">Abdullah Gul became the 11th president of the Turkish Republic after receiving 339 votes of the lawmakers in the third round of presidential election in the parliament.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">The Justice and Development Party deputy from Kayseri and Foreign Minister Abdullah GUL was born in Kayseri on October 29, 1950, the anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">His middle name "Cumhur" which means people- was chosen because his birth coincided with Republic Day, but his family did not formally register "Cumhur" on his birth certificate.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">His father, Ahmet Hamdi GUL, worked at an aircraft factory in Kayseri; his mother was the daughter of a teacher. Being the first male grandchild in the family, Abdullah GUL became the apple of the eye of both his paternal and maternal families, both of which are very old families.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">In his youth GUL was instrumental in the formation of the ideology behind the Great East Thought Club and the National Turkish Students' Union. He closely monitored the seminars given by poet Necip Fazil Kisakürek.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">After graduation from Istanbul University GUL did his doctorate in the faculty of economics. He later taught economics in Sakarya University's department of industrial engineering. GUL went to Saudi Arabia in 1983 to work in the Islamic Development Bank, where he would stay for eight years.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">Abdullah GUL first encountered Turkish politics in 1991 when Necmettin Erbakan who was once prime minister of Turkiye asked GUL to work for his Welfare Party. In his early years in Parliament, GUL saw the appreciation of not only his own party, but other parties. GUL later became the Welfare Party's poster boy, particularly attracting attention in speeches and efforts on the parliamentary Planning and Budgetary Commission.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">During his foreign missions, including those to the European Commission, he made many new friends and also paved the way to the Foreign Ministry. In 1993 he became his party's vice president in charge of foreign affairs.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">After serving as a minister and the spokesman for the coalition government led by Erbakan, GUL continued to work with his closest friends at the party's Political Research Center and founded the new Justice and Development Party in August 2001.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">GUL has made invaluable contributions to the AK Party government, both as prime minister and as foreign minister. Under his tutelage Turkiye started progress towards membership in the EU, was active in the resolution of international crises and established new points of communal reconciliation. The Cypriot policy Turkiye has followed for years underwent a complete change during his time at the Foreign Ministry. The international community began to closely monitor Turkiye's foreign policy during his time at the ministry's helm.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">His bid for presidency, which has never ceased to have tension and excitement for the experienced politician, began on April 20, when GUL was officially announced by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as the party's only presidential candidate.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">Foreign Minister GUL, whose road was full of obstacles, has received the positive results of his determined walk toward the Presidential Palace. Having made a very bright career in the political sphere and having obtained a golden opportunity to become the top man in the state, GUL has been at the heart of the most heated national debates.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">Turkiye was soon to find itself in a very tense atmosphere. The opposition parties did not participate in the first round of the vote in the parliament, and the Constitutional Court incapacitated the Parliament by making an arbitrary interpretation of the quorum of 367. Therefore Erdogan's government had no other choice except head for elections.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">Ultimately, the elections were set for July 22. It was held under the shadow of the presidential election crisis. The victimization of Abdullah GUL deeply influenced the voters. And GUL participated in the election rallies in person. He was received everywhere he went with the slogan of "President GUL!" The AK Party's percentage of the vote, 47 percent, was binding both for GUL and his party.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: xx-small;">And the discussions over Abdullah GUL's presidential bid were not over. Although Prime Minister Erdogan and GUL were tight-lipped about who would run, GUL was determined. He strongly implied his candidacy by noting in a statement he made right after the elections: "I cannot overlook the people's will."</span><br />
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-92202681248071918172013-02-14T18:52:00.004-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.555-08:00Moncef Marzouki<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="GrayLabel2">Moncef Marzouki was the leader of the center-left party CPR (Congress For the Republic) until he became the fifth Tunisian President since December 12, 2011. In 2001, Marzouki founded the Congress for the Republic Party (CPR), which took the second highest number of seats (29) in the October 23rd Constituent Assembly elections.<br /><br />October 21st, 2011 marked the last official day of the electoral campaign, and the Congress for the Republic held their closing rally in the Labor Stock Market office in downtown. Party leader Moncef Marzouki delivered an emotional but upbeat message focusing on overcoming the challenges left to Tunisians after 23 years of dictatorship. </span><br />
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After the revolution of January 14, the CPR emerged on the political stage and received its authorization on March 8th, 2011. According to the party, its main target is to ensure “the sovereignty of the people, the dignity of the citizen and the legitimacy of the state.” The party is known as being against the interference of money in political life. Moncef Marzouki accused Ennahda, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and the Free Patriotic Union (UPL) of buying votes.<br />
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The party is recognized by its symbol: the glasses. It is considered a sort of self-deprecation, as Moncef Marzouki is famous for his glasses. The party also specified: “this product is free of political funds”. The slogan of the party is: “for a clearer vision”.<br />
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Moncef Marzouki studied at the University of Strasbourg and graduated in 1973. He conducted research abroad and then came back to Tunisia and taught general medicine at the University of Sousse.<br />
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-30206650115201162532013-02-14T18:52:00.003-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.522-08:00Crin Antonescu<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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born 21 September 1959) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romanian</a> politician, serving as President of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="National Liberal Party (Romania)">National Liberal Party (PNL</a> He is a member of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Romania" title="Senate of Romania">Senate</a>, his election having taken place during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_legislative_election,_2008" title="Romanian legislative election, 2008">2008 legislative election</a>. Between 1996 and 2008 he was a member of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Romania" title="Chamber of Deputies of Romania">Chamber of Deputies</a>, acting as leader of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="National Liberal Party (Romania)">party</a> delegates between 2007 and 2008. On 3 July 2012 he was elected President of the Senate after the latter dismissed the former leader Vasile Blaga from office. He became Acting President of Romania on 10 July 2012 after the Parliament suspended Traian Băsescu for the second time on 6 July 2012.<br />
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Antonescu was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulcea</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulcea_County" title="Tulcea County">Tulcea County</a>. After his parents divorce he was raised by his father, who encouraged him to attend the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bucharest" title="University of Bucharest">National University of Bucharest</a>, in order to become a History teacher<br />
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Upon graduating in 1985, Crin Antonescu worked as a History teacher in the village of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sole%C8%99ti" title="Solești">Solești</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaslui_County" title="Vaslui County">Vaslui County</a> He later returned to Tulcea, continuing his teaching activity in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niculi%C5%A3el" title="Niculiţel">Niculiţel</a> until 1989. Antonescu worked as a curator for the Tulcea Museum of History and Archaeology from 1989 to 1990, when he resumed his teaching activity at the “Spiru Haret” High School in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulcea</a>, prior to being elected to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Romania" title="Chamber of Deputies of Romania">Chamber of Deputies</a>.<br />
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Upon joining the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="National Liberal Party (Romania)">National Liberal Party</a>, Antonescu helped organize the Tulcea branch of the party. In 1995, he was elected PNL Vice President and, subsequently, leader of the Liberal politicians active in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Romania" title="Chamber of Deputies of Romania">Chamber of Deputies</a>, holding that position for two non-consecutive mandates. During his activity in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Romania" title="Chamber of Deputies of Romania">Chamber of Deputies</a>, he was a member of the Committee for Education, Youth and Sports, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee of Culture, Arts and Media.<br />
Crin Antonescu was the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Youth_and_Sport_(Romania)" title="Minister of Youth and Sport (Romania)">Romanian Minister of Youth and Sports</a> from 1997 to 2000 He initiated a series of reforms, the most prominent being the legal perpetuity for Romanian athletes with significant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a> results<br />
As of 20 March 2009, Crin Antonescu was the President of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="National Liberal Party (Romania)">National Liberal Party</a>, in addition to being the party’s candidate for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_presidential_election,_2009" title="Romanian presidential election, 2009">2009 Presidential Elections in Romania</a>. In September 2009, Crin Antonescu was situated third in Romanians' voting preferences for the 2009 Presidential elections. As of May 2011 he is credited by public polls as first in line for the next Presidential elections.After President Traian Basescu's suspension on 3rd July 2012, he assumed acting presidency of Romania.<br />
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Antonescu's first wife Aurelia committed suicide in 2004 due to an incurable disease. The pair have a daughter, Irina, born in 2001. In June 2009, Antonescu announced he would get married again to party colleague <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adina_V%C4%83lean" title="Adina Vălean">Adina Vălean</a>. The couple married on 25 September 2009</div>
Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-65797036538414337212013-02-14T18:52:00.002-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.547-08:00Traian Băsescu <div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<b>President of Romania </b><br />
Born November 4, 1951, in Basarabi, Romania; married Maria. <i>Education: </i>Graduated from the Navy Institute of Constan[H6031]a, 1976. <br />
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Career </h2>
Merchant marine officer, Navrom, 1976-81; oil tanker captain, Navrom, 1981-87; headed the Navrom office in Antwerp, Belgium, 1987-89; general manager of the State Inspectorate for the Civil Navigation within the Romanian Ministry of Transportation, 1989-90; Undersecretary of State, Chief of the Shipping Department within the Ministry of Transportation, 1990-91; elected to Romanian parliament on the Democratic Party ticket, 1992; transportation minister, 1991-92, and 1996-2000; elected mayor of Bucharest, 2000; elected president of Romania on the Alian[H6031]a DA slate, December, 2004. <br />
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In a surprising turn of political events, Traian BaȈsescu became president of Romania in December of 2004. Romanians and international observers alike declared his victory a sign of the genuine end of Romania's communist era some 15 years after what turned out to be its merely symbolic finish back in 1989. While the Eastern European nation's human-rights record had improved considerably in the interim, the political life in this nation of 23 million continued to be dominated by the former Communists,
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munists, who led new political parties. BaȈsescu rose to prominence as an opponent of the corruption and cronyism of that post-Communist aftermath.
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Born in November of 1951, BaȈsescu spent his earliest years in a village called Basarabi, not far from Constan[H6031]a, Romania's Black Sea port. He graduated from the Navy Institute of Constan[H6031]a in 1976, and joined Navrom, the state-owned shipping company, as a merchant marine officer. Romania during the first four decades of BaȈsescu's life was a tightly controlled socialist state under longtime president Nicolae Ceauşescu, in power since 1965. The Romanian Communist Party (PCR) dominated life in the country, which enjoyed a relatively high standard of living until the 1980s, when Ceauşescu's grandiose building projects resulted in drastic food rationing rules and fuel shortages. <br />
BaȈsescu joined the PCR, a move essential for any career advancement in Romania during the Ceauş-escu era. He spent five years as an officer, and in 1981 was made captain of an oil tanker, the <i>Birun </i>[H6031] <i>a </i>, that was the largest vessel in the Romanian fleet. In 1987, he was posted to Antwerp, Belgium, to run Navrom's foreign office in this North Sea-linked port city. He remained there until year that the Ceauşescu regime came to a violent 1989, the same year that the Ceausescu regime came to a violent but relatively swift end: in December of that year, the army fired on protesters in Timişoara, and Ceauşescu condemned the uprising as the work of foreign agents. A planned pro-Ceauşescu demonstration in Bucharest quickly erupted into an anti-government one; the military and Securitate (secret police) abandoned Ceauşescu, who was executed with his wife after a sham trial on Christmas Day. <br />
A new political organization, the Frontul SalvaȈrii Na[H6031]ionale (National Salvation Front, or FSN), arose to fill the power vacuum, and BaȈsescu soon joined it. During that first year, he held a management position in the Romanian Ministry of Transportation, and in 1990 was named undersecretary of state in the Ministry's shipping department. In 1992, the FSN split in two, and one of the parties that came out of its ashes was the Social Democratic Party (PSD) of Romania. The PSD was led by Ion Iliescu, a high-ranking Communist official who had fallen out with the Ceauşescu regime some years earlier. BaȈsescu joined the other party that emerged from the split, the Democratic Party (PD) of Romania. In 1991 he became the country's Minister of Transportation, but it was a time when Romania was busy selling off its merchant fleet, and there were charges that BaȈsescu may have personally benefited from the sales he helped to arrange. He served in the cabinet until 1992, but was elected to Romania's parliament that same year. <br />
The <i>Dosarul Flota </i>(Fleet Affair) became an increasingly prominent story in Romania's press in the mid-1990s, and an official investigation began. BaȈsescu took the unusual step of formally renouncing his parliamentary immunity in 1996. This meant that he could be fully investigated for his former role as Minister of Transportation, and was a clear effort to vindicate his name before the public. He was the first member of Romania's parliament ever to renounce his immunity. Re-elected that same year, he was named Minister for Transportation once again, a cabinet post he held for the next four years. In 2000, he entered the Bucharest mayor's race, and won by a narrow margin. He went on to achieve a number of notable reforms within the capital city, and improve the standard of living for its two million residents over the next four years. One of the city's more bizarre problems was a large stray-dog population that was estimated to be at least 150, 000 and perhaps as high as 300, 000 when he took office; some 1, 500 dog bites were reported daily. BaȈsescu enacted strong measures to reduce the population, but animal-rights activists, including 1950s French film star Brigitte Bardot, objected; he dismissed their complaints with the retort, "I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs, " according to <i>Times </i>correspondent Adam LeBor. <br />
BaȈsescu was elected his party's president in 2001, and two years later was instrumental in forming the <i>Alian </i>[H6031] <i>aDA </i>(Justice and Truth Alliance) with another of Romania's political parties to oppose the PSD, which had been in power for much of the post-Communist era but was largely made up of former Communist elites. In 2004, he became the presidential candidate on the Alian[H6031]a DA ticket, and ran a campaign that urged voters to oust the former Communists. In the run-up to the election, BaȈsescu lagged in opinion polls, and his opponent Adrian NaȈstase—PSD leader as well as incumbent prime minister—took the first round of balloting. International observers, however, found multiple instances of vote fraud. A second round of voting was held on December 12 and judged by the monitors to have been more fairly conducted, and BaȈsescu won the presidency. <br />
With his victory at the polls, BaȈsescu became the leader of the country's first genuinely truly non-Communist government since the World War II era. During his first months in office, he enacted a new flat tax in an attempt to curb Romania's thriving black-market economy, and met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush. With Romania scheduled to become a member of the European Union (EU) in 2007, there were several drastic reforms—some in the realm of justice and human rights, others economic—that the country would have to enact before formal entry into the EU, but BaȈsescu reassured Romanians and the rest of the world that he was ready to lead. "I've been the sea captain of large oil tankers, " a <i>Newsweek International </i>report from Andrei Postelnicu and Michael Meyer quoted him as saying, "and I always reach my destination." </div>
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-14757031416143025342013-02-14T18:52:00.001-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.514-08:00Rupiah Banda<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Rupiah Banda was born in Gwanda on February 13th 1937. He is currently the President of Zambia and head of state of Zambia. Banda graduated from Cambridge University, Wolfson College, Cambridge and Lund University. His current occupation is politician.</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Rupiah Banda, 71, who was poised Tuesday to become acting president following the death of Zambia's leader of seven years, Levy Mwanawasa, is a career diplomat with a sideline in business.</span>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Under the Zambian constitution, when a sitting president dies, the vice president automatically becomes president but must call elections within 90 days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Banda was born in 1937 in Gwanda, in the south of what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia, but he has has Zambian nationality.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Following the independence of what was then Northern Rhodesia from Britain in 1964 Banda served as ambassador to Egypt first, then the United States.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He also served as Zambia's representative to the United Nations before being made foreign minister in the 1970s in the administration of Zambia's first post-independence leader, Kenneth Kaunda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With a degree in economics, he was also at one point the managing director of the National Agricultural Marketing Board (NAMBOARD), which is responsible for buying locally-produced staple foods.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After his spell as foreign minister, Banda served 10 years as a parliamentarian between 1978 and 1988.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As the owner of KB Davis, a firm that supplies mining equipment in the north-central Copperbelt region, he is also a prominent businessman.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">His appointment to the post of vice president following Mwanawasa's reelection to a second five-year term in 2006 was seen as a move to reward Zambians in his home area, a stronghold of his (and Kaunda's) United National Independence Party, for supporting the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Reflecting on his career during an address to ambassadors in recent months, Banda said: "The diplomatic service was a launching pad. It gave me all the experience needed in statecraft, diplomacy and governance."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After Mwanawasa fell out of favour with Zimbabwe's authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe for calling Zimbabwe a "sinking Titanic" last year it was Banda who was dispatched to Harare to smooth the ruffled feathers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Despite being 11 years the senior of deceased President Levy Mwanwasa, who was dogged by health problems, Banda, a grandfather, says he is in good health. - dpa</span></div>
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-69946337718805391792013-02-14T18:52:00.000-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.550-08:00Michael Chilufya Sata <div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Michael Chilufya Sata (born 1937 is the 5th president of Zambia. Sata ran for President for a fourth time in the election held on 20 September 2011 and He was declares winner . He leads the Patriotic Front (PF), a major political party in Zambia. He was elected president in September 2011. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government; he went into opposition in 2001, forming the PF. As an opposition leader, Sata—popularly known as "King Cobra"—emerged as the leading opposition presidential contender and rival to President Levy Mwanawasa in the 2006 presidential election, but was defeated. Following Mwanawasa's death, Sata ran again and lost to President Rupiah Banda in 2008.<br />
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After ten years in opposition, Sata defeated Banda, the incumbent, to win the September 2011 presidential election with a plurality of the vote.<br />
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Michael Chilufya Sata was born and brought up in Mpika, Northern Province. He worked as a police officer, railway man and trade unionist before during colonial rule. Sata began actively participating in the politics of Northern Rhodesia in 1963. Following independence, he worked his way up through the rough-and-tumble rank-and-file of the ruling United National Independence Party (UNIP) to the governorship of Lusaka in 1985. As Governor, he made his mark as a man of action with a hands on approach. He cleaned up the streets, patched roadways and built bridges in the city. Afterward he became a Member of Parliament for Kabwata constituency in Lusaka. Though once close with President Kenneth Kaunda, he became disillusioned by Kaunda's dictatorial style and he left the UNIP to join the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) during the campaign for multi-party politics in 1991.<br />
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After Frederick Chiluba defeated Kaunda in 1991, Sata became one of Zambia's most instantly recognisable faces. Under the MMD, he served as minister for local government, labour and, briefly, health where, he boasts, his "reforms brought sanity to the health system".<br />
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In 1995, he was appointed as minister without portfolio, the party's national organising secretary during which his political style was described as "increasingly abrasive".<br />
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In 2001, President Chiluba nominated Levy Mwanawasa as the MMD's presidential candidate for the 2001 election. In frustration, Sata left the MMD and set up a new party, the Patriotic Front (PF). He contested the 2001 election but did not do well—his party only won one seat in parliament. Sata conceded defeat and continued campaigning.<br />
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Sata ran for President for a fourth time in the election held on 20 September 2011. In the early stages of the campaign he was more vitriolic in his anti-Chinese rhetoric, but he later toned down his rhetoric. Results showed him receiving about 43% of the vote against 36% for Banda, and Chief Justice Ernest Sakala accordingly declared that he had won the election in the early hours of 23 September 2011.</div>
Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-15456411310012082172013-02-14T18:51:00.004-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.515-08:00Hafez al-Assad<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Hafez al-Assad was born in Kurdaha near Lattakia, Syria, on October 6, 1930. He obtained his High School degree in Lattakia in early forties. He showed interest in public issues during that period which witnessed the Second World War. He participated in demonstrations against the French Occupation as well as in political activities to attain independence, which was achieved on April 17th, 1946. </div>
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He was elected to the Students Committee in Lattakia and chaired the first Students Conference in Syria. At that time, as Chairman of the Committee, he led the student's movement under the banner of Al Baath Arab Socialist Party. Liberation from colonialism, Palestinian cause and other national issues were the prominent issues of his concern in late forties and early fifties. </div>
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He formally enrolled in the Baath Arab Socialist Party in 1946, and struggled under its banner against the old political forces. He joined the Military Academy in 1952 where he chose the Air force Academy from which he graduated Air force Lieutenant Pilot in early 1955. On graduating he was champion in Aerobatics. </div>
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He attended many military courses; the most important was in the former Soviet Union, as Fighter Pilot and Night & Day Fighting Pilot. He passed a course of Squadron Leader with Excellent degree in 1959. He also had excellent degree in a course of Air force Staff Officer in 1964.</div>
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He was excluded from the Armed Forces on the 2nd of December 1961 and transferred to a civil job after cessation from Egypt on September 28, 1961, due to his national stand against that separation. He was a main leader of the underground military committee (five members) that led the 8th of March revolution in 1963, initiating major contacts, both civil and military, that made the revolution a great success. </div>
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He occupied leading posts in both the Regional and National Command of the Baath Arab Socialist Party until he became General Secretary of the party and he played a major role in the success of the 23rd February Movement 1966, which put an end to the conflicts within the party. </div>
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He became Prime Minister, Minister of Defence on November 21st 1970 after leading the Correction Movement, which widely opened the party's doors to the Arab Masses. He was elected President of the Syrian Arab Republic in a referendum held on March 12, 1971. </div>
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On the May 14, 1971, the new Regional Command of the Baath Arab Socialist Party held its first meeting and elected President Hafez Al-Assad Regional Secretary of the Party. In the second half of August 1971 he was elected Secretary General of the Party during its Eleventh National Conference. </div>
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He participated in many Arab and international summit conferences, such as the Non-Allied Countries, the Islamic and Arab Summits where he had a remarkable say in the service of our national issues. Asad led the War of October 1973.</div>
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In 1976 Mr Assad had ordered Syrian troops into Lebanon, the vital buffer state between his country and Israel. Curbing Israel's power and influence was the central plank of his foreign policy. </div>
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Syria was accused of backing state terrorist acts including the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner in Lebanon. Assad also allowed many Palestinian terrorist organizations to establish bases in Damascus, and also sponsored a Syrian faction of the PLO.</div>
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An implacable foe of Israel, he refused to hold negotiations with the Jewish state until the historic 1991 Arab-Israeli summit in Madrid. Talks continued in limited bursts over the next decade </div>
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Syrian President Hafez al-Assad died in Damascus at the age of 69 on June 10, 2000. He was succeeded by his son Bashar. </div>
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Born on September 11, 1965, in Damascus, Syria; married Asma (Emma) al–Akhras, December 31, 2000; children: Hafez. <i>Education: </i>Studied medicine at the University of Damascus. <br />
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Studied medicine at the University of Damascus, late 1980s; medical residency in London, 1992; started preparations to assume leadership of Syria, 1994; became a colonel in Syrian army, 1999; elected President of Syria, 2000. </div>
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Bashar al–Assad, who spent years training to be a doctor, suddenly found himself, at the age of 34, occupying the most powerful position in Syria as its new head of state. He had inherited the presidency after the death of his father, Hafez al–Assad, in 2000. Since then, Syrians and the rest of the world have been watching him very closely to see if Assad will follow in the footsteps of his father, a shrewd and uncompromising man who ruled Syria for nearly 30 years with an iron fist. <br />
Bashar al–Assad was born in Damascus, on September 11, 1965, the second son of Syria's late president Hafez al–Assad. Assad studied medicine at the University
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of Damascus. In 1988, he continued his studies at a military hospital in the city, where he specialized in ophthalmology. He moved to London in 1992 to fulfill his medical residency at St. Mary's Hospital.
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In January of 1994, Assad's medical career came to an abrupt halt when his older brother, Basil, died in a car crash. Assad flew back to Damascus to attend the funeral, not realizing at the time that this tragedy would change his life drastically, and that he would have to set aside his dream of practicing medicine. As the eldest son, Basil had been groomed from birth to be his father's successor. Upon his death, a plan was quickly put into action to prepare Bashar al–Assad to take his place. Assad was enrolled in a military academy for an accelerated course in leadership and Middle East diplomacy, recounted Nicholas Blanford in the <i>Christian Science Monitor. </i>Assad quickly rose through the ranks, making colonel by 1999. This was an important step, according to a British Broadcasting Corporation profile, because the army plays a key role in Syrian politics and the late president had been commander of both the army and the air force. <br />
On June 10, 2000, Hafez al–Assad died. Ten days later, Assad was elected president through a public referendum, and his training and strength of character were put to the test. He had inherited one of the toughest jobs in the Middle East. Assad faced the challenge of holding on to the power he had inherited from his father. According to the <i>Christian Science Monitor </i>'s Blanford, a western observer noted, "There are sharks around and he has to tread carefully." Syrian expert Eyal Zisser, a professor at Tel Aviv University, said in a Federation of American Scientists interview, "You need to show that you are strong, that you are a leader, and you need to crush in the first moment any signs of opposition, resentment, or independence." <br />
Syria's economy was in a dreadful state, according to Charles Foster in the <i>Contemporary Review. </i>In a serious recession since the mid–1990s, Syria had squandered its oil revenues. Foster noted, "A huge proportion of its income goes to finance an increasingly lame army, crippled by the cessation of Soviet support. There is a grotesquely over–staffed, corrupt bureaucracy, which makes it difficult for the private sector to make a start." On the foreign affairs front, Assad faced many critical problems, from trying to maintain Syria's military presence in Lebanon, to settling water quarrels with Turkey, to the volatile issue of Middle East peace. <br />
Influenced by his Western education and a cosmopolitan upbringing, the young president was eager to begin implementing "his own cultural revolution," wrote Sami Moubayed in the <i>Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. </i>Assad was determined to push Syria into the 21st century and the world of computer technology, the Internet, and cellular telephones. At his inaugural speech on July 17, 2000, Assad promised many sweeping reforms. He attacked inefficient administration as an impediment to Syria's growth, and declared, "We have to fight waste and corruption." Assad wasted no time spear-heading a campaign to weed out corrupt, high–level officials, a move which also served to eliminate potential rivals and opponents within the old guard. <br />
On the second anniversary of his presidency, Assad was still struggling to introduce reforms. Wrote Donna Abu–Nasr for Yahoo! News, "On the surface, Syria today appears younger, livelier, and more efficient than it was a few years ago under Assad's father, the late Hafez Assad. There are cell phones, satellite television, trendy restaurants, and Internet cafes with operators who know how to find detours to websites blocked by the government. The country's first mall opened last year. However, below the surface, the system remains corrupt and decrepit, unable to make the changes that could propel Syria and its 17 million people into the 21st century." <br />
Freedom of speech was only marginally restored. When Assad first took office, he encouraged "constructive criticism." The president received four open letters of appeal, published in the Lebanese press, from Syrian citizens asking for political, economic, and social reform, wrote the <i>Washington Report on Middle East Affairs </i>' Moubayed. To everyone's surprise, the letters were tolerated by the regime, signaling an end to the era of regulation of thought and speech. Feeling emboldened, others began to speak out. "In September [of 2000], 99 Syrian intellectuals issued a public manifesto in Beirut calling for freedom of speech, the lifting of martial law imposed on the country since 1963, political pluralism, a general amnesty and freeing of political prisoners," according to Moubayed. No measures were taken against them. Two years later, however, mounting calls for political liberalization led to a backlash, wrote the <i>Christian Science Monitor </i>'s Blanford. This resulted in the arrest of several dissidents, and an end to the public debate on reform. <br />
On the issue of Middle East peace, Yahoo! News' Abu–Nasr noted that Assad has not deviated from his father's refusal to negotiate until Israel agrees to return the Golan Heights. Last year, in a speech welcoming Pope John Paul II, Assad shocked the West when he used unmistakably anti–Semitic language to attack "those who betrayed Jesus Christ and tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad." Most blame the aging and still powerful old guard for this stance. According to Blanford in the <i>Christian Science Monitor, </i>Damascus University law professor Mohammed Shukri said, "I am very optimistic about [Assad]. He's open–minded, educated.… He will win because the people are backing him. Sooner or later he will rearrange his house." Assad, speaking to the <i>New York Times </i>in late 2003, acknowledged that some people will always compare him to his father. "The son is not a copy of his father," Assad philosophized. "He takes some things from his parents, but he will get many things from society. As a president, the first thing is to make your decisions and your vision based on the society, the country, and the people." <br />
The world's attention was drawn to Syria in March of 2003 when Assad took an outspoken stance against the impending United States–led invasion of Iraq. Though Syria and Iraq did not have a friendly relationship, Assad publicly stated that he hoped the mission would fail. In April of 2003, as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime crumbled and Hussein himself went into hiding, it seemed like Assad's prediction of failure was incorrect. Attention was again drawn to Syria, as John Kampfner, writing in the <i>New Statesman, </i>observed, "George W. Bush is opening a third front. The war on terror, which took American might to Afghanistan and then Iraq, is now begin redirected against a new enemy, one conjured almost overnight—Syria." <br />
Assad denied the allegation that Syria was cooperating with Iraq's ousted regime, stepped up patrols of the Syria/Iraq border, and remained committed to maintaining an amicable relationship with the United States in light of increasing chaos and instability in Iraq as 2003 drew to a close. "There can be no peace in the region without Syria. And Syria is important for the future stability [of] Iraq due to its credibility and its being a neighbor to Iraq," Assad stated to <i>New York Times </i>reporter Neil MacFarquhar. "The problem is whether the U.S. is going to become a power for achieving turbulence in the region instead of being an element of stability." <br />
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Sultan Qaboos has received his primary and secondary education in Salalah, and When he reached the age of 16, his father sent him to a private educational establishment in England. At the age of 20, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. After passing out of Sandhurst, he joined a British Infantry battalion on operations in Germany for one year and also held a staff appointment with the British Army.</div>
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After his military service, Sultan Qaboos studied local government subjects in England and, after a world tour, returned home to Salalah where he studied Islam and the history of his country. Upon his accession to the throne on 23 July 1970, he moved to Muscat where he declared that the country would no longer be known as 'Muscat and Oman', but would be united as the 'Sultanate of Oman'.</div>
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His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has described his situation thus:"I am working for Oman - the country and its people...for me it is a delight to see my country and my people in the situation I imagined from the very first day I assumed power. I feel that I am a man with a mission rather than a man with authority.".</div>
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Ghana’s President John Atta Mills, who was most recently treated in the U.S. for an unspecified condition, has reportedly passed away. His replacement will be sworn in Tonight, sources have told Sahara Reporters.<br />
Questions about the President’s health had been swirling for almost a year. Regarding his frequent visits to U.S. hospitals – 3 this year alone - President Mills replied: ‘’I am going for a medical checkup. I go there to ensure everything is okay. I am going to see my doctors for some examination then I will come back and continue my work of building a Better Ghana.’’<br />
His death reportedly occurred at the 37 Military hospital in Accra.<br />
Prof John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was born on July 21, 1944 and was 68 years old at the time of his passing.<br />
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He was the third and current President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and was inaugurated on Jan. 7, 2009, having defeated the ruling party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 election.<br />
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He was last seen in Ghana on June 3 when he toured the plane crash site at Accra. The President was reported to be crestfallen for seeing the crash site. Critics however said he was looking poorly because he was dragged to that site when he was not feeling well.<br />
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He was expected to visit Nigeria in August for a one-day working visit with President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss the recent foreign retail trade brouhaha. Vice President John Dramani Mahama is expected to fill the executive’s functions in the interim.<br />
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In apparent anticipation of a long period of incapacitation, the President had written to the members of Parliament with his last wishes. His letter, read today, to the MPs said: “In accordance with Article 59 of the Constitution of Ghana, I write to inform you that I shall be away in the US from Saturday, 16 June to Monday 25 June, 2012 for a routine medical check-up.<br />
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“During my absence the Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E John Dramani Mahama, shall in accordance with Article 60 (8) of the Constitution act in my stead. Kindly accept, Right Honourable the assurances of my highest consideration. No plans have been announced as yet for his burial.</div>
Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-22926026855170164202013-02-14T18:50:00.000-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.518-08:00John Dramani Mahama<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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John Dramani Mahama is the President of the Republic of Ghana. <br />
He has just won the December 07, 2012 Presidential Election and has been declared President-elect by the Electoral Commission for the period 2013 t0 2016. He will be officially sworn into office on January 07, 2013.<br />
John Mahama ascended to the Office of President after the untimely demise of the late President - His Excellency Professor John Evans Atta Mills on the 24th of July 2012. President Mahama had previously served as the Vice President, and on the passing of President Mills took over the reins of Government and led the country to bid a befitting farewell to a leader who was much loved, respected and can be described as a Ghanaian icon.<br />
The Ghanaian Constitution of 1992 provides in Article 60 (6) that, "Whenever the President dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Vice-President shall assume office as President for the unexpired term of office of the President with effect from the date of the death, resignation or removal of the President".<br />
President Mahama therefore assumed the role of Head of State, Head of Government and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ghana from the time of the passing of the late President. He was sworn into office on the same day by the Chief Justice, and Ghana accomplished a peaceful transition that demonstrated the strength and robustness of the country's democratic institutions.<br />
President Mahama was born in Damongo, in what is now the Damongo-Daboya Constituency of Ghana on the 29th of November 1958. His Father was the Late Emmanuel Adama Mahama who was the first Member of Parliament for the West Gonja Constituency, and the first Regional Commissioner of the Northern Region under President Kwame Nkrumah. The young John Dramani Mahama attended primary school at the Achimota School in Accra, and on completion moved to the Northern Region to attend the Ghana Secondary School in Tamale where he studied for his Ordinary and Advanced level GCE Certificates. Thereafter he attended the University of Ghana, Legon where he read History, and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1981.<br />
He furthered his education by doing Post Graduate Studies in Communication also in the University of Ghana, in the School of Communication Studies, which he completed in 1986. He has always had a thirst for knowledge, and this made him take advantage of the opportunity to study for a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Psychology from the Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow.<br />
John Mahama is an avid reader, author and historian. Over the course of his career he has written for several newspapers and other publications, and recently published his first book, a memoir entitled "My First Coup D'etat and other true stories from the lost decades of Africa". He considers the combination of the study of history, communications and social psychology as having had a tremendous impact on shaping his views, his thoughts and his understanding and have contributed significantly to making him the person he is today.<br />
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After he completed his post graduate diploma studies in Moscow, John Mahama returned to Ghana and in 1991 become the Information, Culture and Research Officer at the Embassy of Japan in Accra. The President credits this period of his life for having inculcated in him the Japanese work ethic, after seeing first hand the efforts that they put into their work. The President had never been afraid of hard work himself, but the experience reinforced in his mind the importance of focus and commitment and reflects in his actions, effort and the dynamism that he brings to bear on the Office of the President.<br />
After working at the Embassy of Japan for a few years, he moved on to become the International Relations, Sponsorship, Communication and Grants Manager at the Ghana Office of PLAN International, an International Development Charity that has committed itself to alleviating child poverty and improving the lives of Children all over the world.<br />
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Political Life</h3>
The President contested to serve as a Member of Parliament for the Bole-Bamboi Constituency in 1996, and won on the ticket of the NDC. He was re-elected to Parliament two more times in the year 2000, and 2004 prior to becoming the Vice-Presidential Candidate for the Party in 2008.<br />
During his first term of Office as an MP he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Communications, and subsequently appointed substantive Minister. He was the first Chairman of the National Communications Authority and in that capacity played a key role in shaping Ghana's telecommunication's sector after deregulation. During the NDC Administration of 1996 -2000 he was also a member of the economic management team, and played a key role in the publicity committee for the re-introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT).<br />
When the NDC Government left office in January 2001 he served as the Minority Spokesman for Communications in Parliament from 2001 to 2004, the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008, and as a Member of the Pan African Parliament. He was also the Director of Communications of the NDC and played a key role in giving voice to the party's positions on matters of governance and social significance when the party was in opposition.<br />
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Family Life & Interests</h3>
President Mahama has been married for over twenty years to Mrs. Lordina Mahama who he describes as his anchor and support. They have eight (8) children. He is a Christian but comes from a multi-faith family with both Christian and Moslem brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles. When he takes a break from the work of Government he loves to spend time in the company of his family, especially their two youngest children Jesse and Farida.<br />
Apart from his love of reading and acquiring knowledge, President Mahama also has a keen interest in Technology and Agriculture being a Farmer himself. He is particularly interested in finding the most effective ways to improve agricultural productivity and works to encourage more young people to see farming as a viable business and not a subsistence activity. This has translated into his passion to see the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (which is referred to by the acronym SADA) create new opportunities for people living in the Savanna areas of the country, which includes the three Northern Regions, and the Northern parts of the Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions. Even on official assignments outside of the country, the President likes to take advantage of opportunities to visit agricultural establishments and update himself on current trends and developments.<br />
He also takes keen interest in the opportunities for simplifying and making tasks easier with the use of information and communications technology, and considers the ICT industry one of the sectors that can play a significant role in economic transformation and job creation. During his tenure as Minister for Communication the first company (ACS) that started business process outsourcing operations was established in Ghana.<br />
The President is a keen football enthusiast and when he has the time loves to watch soccer in the company of his family and friends.<br />
President John Dramani Mahama is a man of many talents and accomplishments, and has committed himself to fulfilling the vision of creating a Better Ghana by focusing on Jobs, Stability, Development, and has also committed himself to ‘WORKING FOR YOU’.</div>
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-48654319367222061752013-02-14T18:47:00.000-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.533-08:00Rafael Caldera<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Rafael Caldera was born in Yaracuy on January 24th 1916. He was the President of Venezuela. Caldera graduated from Central University of Venezuela. He was married to Alicia Pietri. He had occupations including president and politician. He died in Caracas in December 2009 aged 93 years and 11 months old. His cause of death was Parkinson's disease<br />
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Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999. Caldera taught sociology and law at various universities before entering politics. He was a founding member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party. He first ran for president unsuccessfully in 1946 and tried again every time it was possible until finally succeeding in 1968, winning by a relatively scant 33,000 votes against a recently divided Acción Democrática party. When he was sworn into office in 1969, it marked the first peaceful transfer of power from one party to another in Venezuela's history. During his first presidency, Caldera was able to pacify the country by granting an amnesty that allowed guerrilla fighters, who had been operating clandestinely for almost a decade, to reincorporate to society and participate in politics. In 1993, Caldera split from COPEI, the party he had founded, to form a new political party, Convergence, which, supported by a coalition of many small leftist parties (MAS, MEP, PCV) as well as some centre-right parties (URD, MIN), raised Caldera to the presidency in December 1993. This was a fatal blow to the traditional parties which, leaderless and demoralized, garnered few votes in the election. He won a very narrow victory in that year's presidential election. During his second presidential period, he pardoned Hugo Chávez, who would eventually succeed him in 1999</div>
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Hugo Chavez (1954 - ) is a former Army Lieutenant Colonel and the current President of Venezuela. A populist, Chávez has instituted what he calls a “Bolivarian Revolution” in Venezuela, where key industries have been nationalized and oil revenues are used in social programs for the poor. Hugo Chávez is a vocal critic of the United States of America, in particular former President George W. Bush, who he once famously and publicly called a “donkey.” He is very popular with poor Venezuelans, who in February of 2009 voted to abolish term limits, allowing him to run for re-election indefinitely. </div>
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Early Life:</h3>
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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was born on July 28, 1954 to a poor family in the town of Sabaneta in the province of Barinas. His father was a schoolteacher and opportunities for young Hugo were limited: he joined the military at the age of seventeen. He graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences when he was 21 and was commissioned as an officer. He attended college while in the military but did not get a degree. After his studies, he was assigned to a counter-insurgency unit, the start of a long and noteworthy military career. He also served as head of a paratrooper unit. </div>
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Chávez was a skilled officer, moving up in the ranks quickly and earning several commendations. He eventually reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He spent some time as an instructor in his old school, the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences. During his time in the military, he came up with “Bolivarianism,” named for the liberator of northern South America, Venezuelan Simón Bolívar. Chávez even went so far as to form a secret society within the army, the Movimiento Bolivariano Revolucionario 200, or the Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement 200. <a href="http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/modernlatinamerica/a/chavezbolivar.htm">Chávez has long been an admirer</a> of Simón Bolívar. </div>
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The Coup of 1992:</h3>
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Chávez was only one of many Venezuelans and army officers who were disgusted by corrupt Venezuelan politics, exemplified by President Carlos Pérez. Along with some fellow officers, Chávez decided to forcibly oust Pérez. In the morning of February 4, 1992, Chávez led five squads of loyal soldiers into Caracas, where they were to seize control of important targets including the Presidential Palace, the airport, the Defense Ministry and the military museum. All around the country, sympathetic officers seized control of other cities. Chávez and his men failed to secure Caracas, however and the coup was quickly put down. </div>
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Prison and Entry Into Politics:</h3>
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Chávez was allowed to go on television to explain his actions, and the poor people of Venezuela identified with him. He was sent to prison but vindicated the following year when President Pérez was convicted in a massive corruption scandal. Chávez was pardoned by President Rafael Caldera in 1994 and soon entered politics. He turned his MBR 200 society into a legitimate political party, the Fifth Republic Movement (abbreviated as MVR) and in 1998 ran for president.</div>
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President:</h3>
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Chávez was elected in a landslide at the end of 1998, racking up 56% of the vote. Taking office in February 1999, he quickly began implementing aspects of his “Bolivarian” brand of socialism. Clinics were set up for the poor, construction projects were approved and social programs were added. Chávez wanted a new constitution and the people approved first the assembly and then the constitution itself. Among other things, the new constitution officially changed the name of the country to the “Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.” With a new constitution in place, Chávez had to run for re-election: he won easily. </div>
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Coup:</h3>
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Venezuela’s poor loved Chávez, but the middle and upper classed despised him. On April 11, 2002, a demonstration in support of the national oil company’s management (recently fired by Chávez) turned into a riot when the demonstrators marched on the presidential palace, where they clashed with pro-Chavez forces and supporters. Chávez briefly resigned and the United States was quick to recognize the replacement government. When pro-Chavez demonstrations broke out all over the country, he returned and resumed his presidency on April 13. Chávez has always believed that the United States was behind the attempted coup. </div>
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Political Survivor:</h3>
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Chávez has proven to be a tough and charismatic leader. His administration survived a recall vote in 2004, and used the results as a mandate to expand social programs. He has emerged as a leader in the new Latin American leftist movement and has close ties with leaders such as Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Cuba’s <a href="http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofthecaribbean/p/08fidelcastro.htm">Fidel Castro</a> and Paraguay’s <a href="http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/presidentsofsouthamerica/p/09flugo.htm">Fernando Lugo</a>. His administration even survived <a href="http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/modernlatinamerica/a/rreyes.htm">a 2008 incident</a> when laptops seized from Colombian Marxist rebels seemed to indicate that Chávez was funding them in their struggle against the Colombian government.</div>
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Chávez and the US:</h3>
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Much like his mentor Fidel Castro, Chávez has gained much politically from his open antagonism with the United States. Many Latin Americans see the United States as an economic and political bully who dictates trade terms to weaker nations: this was particularly true during the George W. Bush administration. Ever since the coup, Chávez has gone out of his way to defy the United States, establishing close ties to Iran, Cuba, Nicaragua and other nations recently unfriendly towards the US. He has often gone out of his way to rail against US imperialism, even once famously calling Bush a “donkey.”</div>
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Administration and Legacy:</h3>
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Chávez is a complicated political figure who has done much for Venezuela, both good and bad. Venezuela’s oil reserves are among the largest in the world, and he has used much of the profits to benefit the poorest Venezuelans. He has improved infrastructure, education, health, literacy and other social ills from which his people suffered. Under his guidance, Venezuela has emerged as a leader in Latin America for those who do not necessarily think that the United States is always the best model to follow. <br />
Chavez’s concern for Venezuela’s poor is genuine. The lower socioeconomic classes have rewarded Chávez with their unwavering support: they supported the new constitution and in early 2009 approved a referendum to abolish term limits on elected officials, essentially allowing him to run indefinitely. <br />
Not everyone thinks the world of Chávez, however. Middle and upper-class Venezuelans despise him for nationalizing some of their lands and industries and have been behind the numerous attempts to oust him. Many of them fear that Chávez is building dictatorial powers, and it is true that he has a dictatorial streak in him: he has temporarily suspended Congress more than once and his 2009 referendum victory essentially allows him to be President as long as the people keep electing him. <br />
Venezuelan elections are rarely squeaky-clean and Chávez certainly has the power to pull off any number of crooked elections, even if the people decide to stop re-electing him. He has cracked down on the press, greatly increasing restrictions as well as punishments for slander. He drove through a change in how the Supreme Court is structured, which allowed him to stack it with loyalists. <br />
He is widely reviled in the United States for his willingness to deal with rogue nations such as Iran: conservative televangelist Pat Robertson once famously called for his assassination in 2005. His hatred for the United States government occasionally seems to approach the paranoid: he has accused them of being behind any number of plots to remove or assassinate him. This irrational hatred has driven him to pursue counter-productive strategies, such as supporting Colombian rebels, publicly denouncing Israel (resulting in hate crimes against Venezuelan Jews) and spending enormous sums on Russian-built weapons and aircraft. </div>
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<i itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="136">His full name was Sidi Muhammad Idris Al-Mahdi As-sanusi (1889-1983). The first and only king of Libya, he reigned as Idris I from 1950 to 1969. Although he led his country to independence, his conservatism finally brought about his overthrow in a military coup under the direction of the controversial leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi.</i></blockquote>
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Libya's future king was born on March 13, 1890, in Jaghbub, an <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="138">oasis</a> in the eastern province of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="137">Cyrenaica</a>. At the time, Libya was part of the Ottoman Empire. Idris I died in exile in Cairo, Egypt, in 1983.</div>
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Leader in Exile</div>
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When his father died in 1902, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="139">Idris</a> became head of the Sanusiyah, an Islamic mystical brotherhood. Still a minor, he did not assume active leadership until 1916. His main problem over the next few years was how to deal with the Italians, who had invaded Libya in 1922 in an effort to build a North African empire. Italy never established its rule much beyond the coast, and in 1917, Idris was able to secure a ceasefire and confirm his own authority in Cyrenaica while acknowledging Italian supremacy in the area.</div>
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Given the title of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="142">emir</a>, Idris established a parliament and secured financial grants from Italy. But when he proved unable or <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="141">unwilling</a> to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="140">disarm</a> his tribal supporters, Italy invaded in the spring of 1922. Idris saw little point in resisting and went into exile in Egypt.</div>
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The War Years</div>
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Idris continued to direct his followers while in exile. Through the years, the Sanusiyah brotherhood had been changing into a much more political organization. Idris's support came from conservative tribesmen who were mainly concerned with restoring his rule to the province of Cyrenaica. But a younger faction in this area wanted a union of the Libyan provinces of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="143">Fezzan</a>.</div>
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Libya was the scene of heavy fighting in World War II, and Idris recruited guerrillas and scouts to aid the British, who eventually occupied Cyrenaica and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="144">Tripolitania</a>. Fezzan came under control of the French.</div>
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Idris returned to his homeland in 1947, but the issue of a Libyan union was not solved until two years later. In November 1949, the United Nations resolved that representatives of the three provinces in question should meet in a national assembly to decide their future. The assembly decided on a constitutional monarchy and offered the throne to Idris.</div>
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Independence and Exile</div>
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Libya declared its independence in December 1951, with Idris I as king. Two capitals were established, one in Tripoli (Tripolitania), home of the parliament, and one in Bangasi, meeting place of the king and his cabinet.</div>
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As the reigning monarch, Idris had complete control of the army and a good deal of influence over the parliament, which was mainly composed of powerful tribal leaders. In addition Libya, an <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="145">arid</a>, impoverished country with crop production limited to the narrow coastline, could not flourish without heavy aid from Western powers. In time, younger citizens, especially the military, grew tied of the king's conservative policies and extreme dependence on the West.</div>
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Idris I had the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=176701006708623386" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="146">misfortune</a> to require medical treatment at a Turkish spa in September 1969. While he was out of the country, he was toppled from power in a military coup led by controversial Libyan leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi, then an army colonel. As of 1997, al-Qaddafi remained in power.</div>
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Immediately following the 1969 coup, Idris I and his family fled to Greece. They then asked for and received political asylum in Cairo, Egypt. Idris had married his cousin in 1933 and, according to Islamic law, was allowed to take another wife. In 1955, Idris married the daughter of an Egyptian landowner. He remained in exile in Cairo until his death on May 25, 1983.</div>
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Muammar Gaddafi</h2>
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<img alt="Gaddafi wtih Tony Blair" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51773000/jpg/_51773223_blair.jpg" width="304" /> <span style="width: 304px;">Tony Blair visited Gaddafi at his luxurious Bedouin tent after sanctions were lifted</span></div>
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<img alt="Gaddafi with Nasser" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51771000/jpg/_51771930_withnasser.jpg" width="304" /> <span style="width: 304px;">Gaddafi was a huge admirer of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, who led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 </span></div>
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<li>Born in Sirte, Libya 7 June 1942</li>
<li>Attended military academy in Libya, Greece and the UK</li>
<li>Seized power on 1 September 1969 </li>
<li>The Green Book published in 1975</li>
<li>Married twice, with seven sons and one daughter</li>
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Muammar Abu Meniar el-Gaddafi was born in the North African desert, south of Sirte, Libya, in 1942 (the exact date is unknown; some sources day June 1, while others say sometime in September). The son of a poor Bedouin nomad, Gaddafi lived in his family's remote desert camp until he went away to school at age 9.<br /><br />While a student at a secondary school at Sebha, Gaddafi was inspired by the speeches of Egyptian President <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621959/">Gamal Abdel Nasser</a> and became a committed Arab nationalist. Gaddafi organized his fellow students into revolutionary study groups at Sebha; he continued the practice at the University of Libya in Tripoli, where he received a history degree in 1963. Following his graduation, Gaddafi entered the Libyan Military Academy in Benghazi, where he found many of the cadets were sympathetic to his anti-Western nationalism.<br /><br />Commissioned into the Libyan army in 1965, he began laying groundwork for an overthrow of the Libyan monarch, King Idris, whom he considered a pawn of the Western European nations. Within four years Gaddafi took control of the army and on September 1, 1969, he seized power in a carefully planned coup. Assuming command of the government as chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Council, Gaddafi declared himself commander-in-chief of Libya's armed forces and its government, with the rank of colonel. Gaddafi soon began implementing his long-dreamed plans for Libya by nationalizing all foreign banks and oil companies and insisting on closing down all European military bases in Libya. In 1970 Gaddafi seized the private assets of Libya's Italian and Jewish residents, driving them from the country.<br /><br />Since assuming power, Gaddafi has given strong support to a wide variety of terrorist groups and regimes, including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Uganda, the Palestine Liberation Organization and its sub-groups, and the Irish Republican Army. Heavily supported by the Soviet Union, he fought an unsuccessful war against Egypt and a disastrous war against Chad and its ally France for control of the northern regions of the country. In an attempt to drive French forces out of the country Gadaffi sent an invasion force into Chad, only to see it annihilated by the poorly armed, minimally trained but highly motivated Chadian army. The survivors fled back to Libya, leaving behind large numbers of vehicles, equipment and weapons.<br /><br />Gaddafi has provoked several incidents with the US, one of which led to an American retaliatory bombing raid on his headquarters in Tripoli on April 15, 1986. Gaddafi escaped with only minor injuries but his infant daughter was killed. In 1988 Libyan intelligence agents exploded a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing over 200 people.<br /><br />After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US, Gaddafi worked to improve his relationship with the West. In exchange for his help in tracking down Islamic militants his government received concessions from the West, including the easing of various restrictions placed against it due to his terrorism of the 1980s.<br /><br />In 2011, as part of the "Arab Spring", major civil unrest broke out in Libya aimed at removing Gaddafi from power. Gaddafi began a violent and repressive campaign against his own people and a civil war ensued, with Gaddafi forces on one side and rebels--a combination of students, ordinary people and army defectors-with air and logistical support from NATO, on the other. After an eight-month civil war, Gaddafi was captured by rebels in his hometown of Serte and soon afterward he was executed.</h5>
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<tr><td valign="top">Safia Farkash</td><td valign="top">(1970 - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/date/10-20/">20 October</a> 2011) (his death) 9 children</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Fatiha al-Nuri</td><td valign="top">(1968 - 1970) (divorced) 1 child</td></tr>
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Trivia<br />
Overthrew the monarchy of Libya in the so-called "Green Revolution" in 1969, establishing a socialist Arab state under his leadership.<br />
Was once (as a child) publicly slapped by one of his teachers. Many say that this is the source of his resentment for academics, apparent in many of his speeches and essays.<br />
Libya's dictator from 1969 to 2011.<br />
Wrote "The Green Book".<br />
His eldest son, Saif al-Islam, was expected to be Libya's next president.<br />
His son Saadi was a professional football player in Italy for a while.<br />
In a quite eerie coincidence, the year of his death had been predicted by a 1980s sitcom <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092447/">"Second Chance"</a> (1987). The pilot episode of the show which aired in 1987 featured the ex-Libyan leader as one of the people showing up in Saint Peter's Office on July 29, 2011 to be judged whether he will go to hell or heaven.<br />
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Personal Quotes</h5>
Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.<br />
We will not surrender, we are not women, we will keep fighting.<br />
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<span class="cross-head">Rebellion</span> <br />
When the winds of revolt started to blow through the Arab world from Tunisia in December 2010, Libya was not at the top of most people's list of "who's next". <br />
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<img alt="Great Man-Made River" height="228" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51773000/jpg/_51773221_river.jpg" width="304" /> <span style="width: 304px;">The combination of water and oil gave Libya a sound economic platform</span> </div>
Gaddafi fitted the bill as an authoritarian ruler who had endured for more years than the vast majority of his citizens could remember. But he was not so widely perceived as a western lackey as other Arab leaders, accused of putting outside interests before the interests of their own people.<br />
He had redistributed wealth - although the enrichment of his own family from oil revenues and other deals was hard to ignore and redistribution was undertaken more in the spirit of buying loyalty than promoting equality. <br />
He sponsored grand public works, such as the improbable <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4814988.stm">Great Man-Made River project</a>, a massive endeavour inspired, perhaps, by ancient Bedouin water procurement techniques, that brought sweet, fresh water from aquifers in the south to the arid north of his country. <br />
There was even something of a Tripoli Spring, with long-term exiles given to understand that they could return without facing persecution or jail. <br />
When the first calls for a Libyan "day of rage" were circulated, Gaddafi pledged - apparently in all seriousness - to protest with the people, in keeping with his myth of being the "brother leader of the revolution" who had long ago relinquished power to the people.<br />
As it turned out, the scent of freedom and the draw of possibly toppling the colonel, just as Egypt's Mubarak and Tunisia's Ben Ali had been toppled, was too strong to resist among parts of the Libyan population, especially in the east. <br />
Some of the first footage of rebellion to come out of Benghazi showed incensed young Libyans outside an official building smashing up a green monolith representing the spurious liberation doctrine that had kept them enslaved since the 1970s - the Green Book. <br />
As the uprising spread, and the seriousness of the threat to his rule became apparent, Gaddafi showed he had lost none of the ruthlessness directed against dissidents and exiles in the 1970s and 1980s. <br />
This time it was turned on whole towns and cities where people had dared to tear down his posters and call for his downfall. Regular troops and mercenaries nearly overwhelmed the rag-tag rebels, consisting of military deserters and ill-trained militiamen brought together under the banner of the National Transitional Council (NTC). The colonel could afford to dismiss them as wayward 17-year-olds, "given pills at night, hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee, their Nescafe".<br />
The intervention of Nato on the rebels' side in March, authorised by a UN resolution calling for the protection of civilians, prevented their seemingly imminent annihilation - but it was months before they could turn the situation to their advantage. <br />
Then came the fall of Tripoli and Gaddafi went into hiding, still claiming his people were behind him and promising success against the "occupiers" and "collaborators". His dictatorial regime had finally crumbled, but many feared that he might remain at large to orchestrate an insurgency. <br />
He met his ignominious and grisly end, when NTC forces found him hiding in a tunnel following a Nato air strike on his convoy as he tried to make a break from his last stronghold, the city of Sirte, where it had all begun.<br />
The exact circumstances of his death remain in dispute, either "killed in crossfire", summarily executed, or lynched and dragged through the streets by jubilant, battle-hardened fighters. <br />
Though it meant the Libyan people - and other victims around the world - were robbed of proper justice, the news sparked wild celebrations across his former domain that nearly 42 years of rule and misrule had truly come to a close. <br />
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Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070715637408526718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176701006708623386.post-67782774237674766182013-02-14T18:46:00.003-08:002013-02-14T18:54:45.549-08:00Mohammed Magariaf<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf (Arabic: محمد يوسف المقريف; born 1940) is a Libyan politician who has been President of the General National Congress of Libya since August 2012. In this role, he is Libya's de facto head of state and government until a Prime Minister and Cabinet are approved. He is the leader of the National Front Party, which won three seats in the 2012 election, and he was previously well known for having founded and been the first leader of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL), an opposition group to Muammar Gaddafi's regime. A resident of Benghazi, he studied Economics at the University of Benghazi. He served for a time as head of the board of auditors at the Libyan Arab Republic's Revenue Court and was subsequently Libya's Ambassador to India until 1980, when he announced his defection in Morocco. He survived at least three assassination attempts. On 8 May 1984, el-Magariaf directed commandos from the National Front for the Salvation of Libya led by Ahmed Ibrahim Ihwas in an attempt to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi, via an attack on Gaddafi's headquarters. The attack failed. 2,000 Libyans were arrested and eight were reported to be publicly hanged</div>
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