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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create_customer(self, name, gender, address, phone, email, vat=None, fax=None, company_name=None, additional_data=None, extension_additional_data=None):
 """Create a customer"""


        response = self.request(E.createCustomerRequest(
            E.companyName(company_name),
            E.vat(vat),
            E.name(
                E.initials(name.initials),
                E.firstName(name.first_name),
                E.prefix(name.prefix or ''),
                E.lastName(name.last_name),
            ),
            E.gender(gender),
            _get_phone_xml('phone', phone),
            _get_phone_xml('fax', fax),
            E.address(
                E.street(address.street),
                E.number(address.number),
                E.suffix(address.suffix or ''),
                E.zipcode(address.zipcode),
                E.city(address.city),
                E.state(address.state or ''),
                E.country(address.country),
            ),
            E.email(email),
            _additional_data(additional_data),
            _extension_additional_data(extension_additional_data),
        ))

        return str(response.data.handle)