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Cardassian military official who, as a Gul, was the
last prefect in charge of Bajor, just prior to the Cardassian retreat from that planet in 2369. At that
time, Deep Space 9 was a mining facility known by the Cardassian as Terok Nor. Dukat commanded Terok Nor in 2362 and was strongly opposed the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor in 2369, a move
supported by Pa'Dar. In 2370, Dukat attempted to disgrace Pa'Dar by revealing
that Pa'Dar's son, Rugal, who was believed killed in a terrorist attack, was in
fact alive. Dukat had previously arranged for Rugal to be placed in the Tozhat
Resettlement Center, a disgrace in Cardassian society. Dukat's ploy failed when his
role in the affair was revealed. Although Dukat was physically removed from the
station, he still kept close tabs on his former command. In 2369, Dukat filed
a complaint with Sisko when Cardassian citizen Aamin Marritza was being detained
at the station, accused of being Gul Darh'el, also known as The Butcher of Gallitep.
He was the commander of the Second Order, security identification ADL-40. Dukat
fell under suspicion of violating the Federation-Cardassian treaty in 2370 when he was implicated
as being responsible of supplying illegal weapons to Cardassian colonists in the Demilitarized Zone. In
fact, Dukat was innocent, but Legate Parn had blamed Dukat to try to divert suspicion
from the Cardassian Central Command. Nevertheless Maquis terrorists
believed Dukat guilty and abducted him until rescued by Benjamin Sisko. Dukat exhibited distrust toward Elim Garak although the genesis of their discord was not known
at the time of this writing. It was believed that Dukat's father was found guilty
under the Cardassian justice system, for which Dukat blamed
Garak. Dukat was married and had seven children including an eleven-year-old son,
Mekor.
