Now Viewing: dictatorTag type: General "A dictator is a ruler who wields absolute authority. A state ruled by a dictator is called a dictatorship. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency" [...] "In modern usage, the term "dictator" is generally used to describe a leader who holds and/or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power, especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly. Dictatorships are often characterised by some of the following traits: suspension of elections and of civil liberties; proclamation of a state of emergency; rule by decree; repression of political opponents without abiding by rule of law procedures; these include single-party state, and cult of personality." "[...] A wide variety of leaders coming to power in a number of different kinds of regimes, such as military juntas, single-party states and civilian governments under personal rule, have been described as dictators. They may hold left or right-wing views, or can even be apolitical." From: < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator > Some dictators: adolf_hitler alexander_lukashenko ali_abdullah_saleh antonio_de_oliveira_salazar ataturk augusto_pinochet bashar_al-assad benito_mussolini chiang_kai-shek ferdinand_marcos fidel_castro francisco_franco francois_duvalier hamad_bin_isa_al_khalifa hastings_banda hosni_mubarak hugo_chavez idi_amin jean-bedel_bokassa jomo_kenyatta joseph_stalin jozef_pilsudski julius_caesar khorloogiin_choibalsan kim_il-sung kim_jong-il kim_jong-un manuel_noriega mao_zedong maximiliano_hernandez_martinez mengistu_haile_mariam muammar_gaddafi nicolae_ceausescu omar_al-bashir pol_pot robert_mugabe saddam_hussein saparmurat_niyazov siad_barre slobodan_milosevic tito toujou hideki zine_el_abidine_ben_ali Other Wiki Information Last updated: 03/20/15 10:56 PM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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