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Colonel Gadaffi
birth place: Sirte, Libya

Gaddafi has also emerged as a popular African leader. As one of the continent's longest-serving, post-colonial heads of state, the Libyan leader enjoys a reputation among many Africans as an experienced and wise statesman who has been at the forefront of many struggles over the years.

He has also sought to continue his rehabilitation in the West. Following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Gaddafi announced that his nation had an active weapons of mass destruction program, but was willing to allow international inspectors into his country to observe and dismantle them. As a result, the United States announced that it would restore full diplomatic relations with Libya once Gadaffi declared he was abandoning Libya's weapons of mass destruction programme.

In March 2004, British Prime Minister Tony Blair became one of the first western leaders in decades to visit Libya and publicly meet Gaddafi.

Domestically however, Gadaffi allegedly runs Libya by suppressing political opponents, holding people without reason or trial, and using torture. It is also believed in the West that Gadaffi is responsible for the trafficking of slaves.

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