Mansour Dhao Ibrahim ( ar, منصور ضو إبراهيم; sometimes spelled Dao or Daw) is a Libyan former politician. He was a prominent figure in the
Gaddafi government
Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. After the king had fled the country, the Revolutionary Comma ...
, serving as
Muammar Gaddafi's chief of security until they were both captured. Dhao was the leader of the regime's
People's Guard.
Dhao fled with Gaddafi during the
Battle of Tripoli. On 20 October 2011, Dhao was captured in
Sirte, despite earlier reports that he was in
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airstrike destroyed the convoy in which he and Gaddafi were traveling, and he was taken into custody by fighters from
Misrata. Dhao was quoted at length in a ''New York Times'' piece published two days later in which he said he had been in Sirte since late August, he regretted his decision to remain loyal to Gaddafi, and
his jailers were treating him well. Dhao also denied any role in the crackdown on the during the protests of the 2011 Libyan civil war.
On 24 February 2012, Dhao claimed in a prison interview with
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that he had not been given access to a lawyer or allowed to see his family. He also defended Gaddafi's legacy and claimed that, "his ideas as a philosopher or as a thinker will live on."
On 24 September 2013, it was reported that Dhao was interviewed by ''
for the book ''Gaddafi's Harem''. Dhao denied any role in facilitating Gaddafi's alleged sexual abuse.
In February 2015, Dhao appeared by video link from Misrata in his trial.
On 12 August 2015, Dhao was among the nine top
, Milad Salem Daman, Mondher Mukhtar al-Gheneimi, Abdul Hamid Ammar Waheda, and Awidaat Ghandour al-Noubi.
On 26 October 2015,
reported that Dhao alleged during a court session that the prosecution had offered to release him if he testified against
.