Blind Item #6 - Reader Blind

This person who has been infamous the last few years due to something he edits did really exist at some point. He did work in a third world country and there is a record of that.  But the last decade or so, the person who has been in the news, who has occasionally appeared not on TV, and who no one knows exactly where they live is not the same person.  This foreign government has done a very successful job in creating a personality. In fact, the person playing the role of the editor and the A++ leader of this country are related.