Reply #74: FACTBOX-Defections from Gaddafi's Libya

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Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:00pm GMT


Aug 22 (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was a hunted man on Monday as the remains of his forces made a last-ditch stand in the capital, Tripoli.

Gaddafi's hold on power has been slipping since the revolt started last February and his ministers and associates have gradually left the regime.

Here are details on some of the major figures who have defected:

AL BAGHDADI ALI AL-MAHMOUDI:

-- Libya's prime minister arrived on the southern Tunisian island of Djerba late on Aug. 21. He has been in the job since 2006.

NASSER AL-MABROUK ABDULLAH:

-- A senior Gaddafi security official, Nasser al-Mabrouk Abdullah, arrived in Cairo with nine relatives on Aug. 15, telling Egyptian officials he was on holiday.

ALI AL-AMIN MANFUR:

-- Labour Minister Manfur told delegates at a Geneva conference of the International Labour Organisation on June 7 that he was defecting.

SHOKRI GHANEM:

-- Shokri Ghanem, former chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) and the OPEC country's top oil official, defected in Rome on June 1, citing daily bloodshed.

-- Ghanem, had the high-profile job of representing Libya at OPEC meetings. He has been NOC chairman since 2006.

ALI ABDUSSALM TREKI:

-- On March 31, Treki, a former foreign minister whom Gaddafi had appointed U.N. ambassador, refused to take up any official position and condemned the "spilling of blood."

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http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5E7JF0UP20110822?sp=true