The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Muammar Gaddafi

By TIME STAFFThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Alessandro Di Meo / Reuters

Age: 67
Occupation: Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab People's Republic; ruler of Libya
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

The world's third-longest-serving leader, and perhaps its most theatrically dressed, Gaddafi likes traveling with a retinue of female bodyguards and a Bedouin tent. Since 2001, he has sought to improve his relations with the West by aiding the fight against al-Qaeda and ending a program of weapons of mass destruction.

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