President Muammar Al-Gaddafi of Libya led a coup by young army officers in 1969. He deposed King Idris I, abolished the monarchy and established the Libyan Arab Republic. He was only 27 at the time. That's one of the reasons he's been able to build up such a long track record of dictatorship, coming up for 42 years. He's right up near the top of the list of longest ruling non-royal leaders. If he hangs on for a few more days he will overtake Omar Bongo of Gabon for fourth place on the list. Ahead of him are Fidel Castro of Cuba and and Kim Il-Sung of North Korea. The way things are going, he's not going to overtake those two as both have several years on him still. There are quite a few sit-tights left in Africa. Down here in the southern cone of Africa we have Robert Mugabe, holding on after 30 years of disastrous rule. Also next door is King Mswati III of Swaziland who became Crown Prince of Swaziland in September 1983 and was crowned as King on April 25, 1986 when 18 years old. He remains Africa’s last absolute monarch with the power to choose a prime minister and other governmental and traditional positions. The QSL is from Radio Jamahiriya in Libya, heard in London in 1999. This was one of those QSLs where many reports were ignored, then out of the blue this smart card arrived.
Sunday 27 February 2011
Gaddafi no gadfly and other African sit-tights
President Muammar Al-Gaddafi of Libya led a coup by young army officers in 1969. He deposed King Idris I, abolished the monarchy and established the Libyan Arab Republic. He was only 27 at the time. That's one of the reasons he's been able to build up such a long track record of dictatorship, coming up for 42 years. He's right up near the top of the list of longest ruling non-royal leaders. If he hangs on for a few more days he will overtake Omar Bongo of Gabon for fourth place on the list. Ahead of him are Fidel Castro of Cuba and and Kim Il-Sung of North Korea. The way things are going, he's not going to overtake those two as both have several years on him still. There are quite a few sit-tights left in Africa. Down here in the southern cone of Africa we have Robert Mugabe, holding on after 30 years of disastrous rule. Also next door is King Mswati III of Swaziland who became Crown Prince of Swaziland in September 1983 and was crowned as King on April 25, 1986 when 18 years old. He remains Africa’s last absolute monarch with the power to choose a prime minister and other governmental and traditional positions. The QSL is from Radio Jamahiriya in Libya, heard in London in 1999. This was one of those QSLs where many reports were ignored, then out of the blue this smart card arrived.
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