Dictators responsible
for massive crimes against humanity (over 20 million dead)for massive crimes
against humanity (over 20 million dead)
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Name
|
Country
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Time in Power
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Regime type
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Notable Events
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After...
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Joseph Stalin
|
USSR
|
1924-1953
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Communist
|
Revolutionary regime
|
died in office
|
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Adolph Hitler
|
Germany
|
1933-1945
|
Fascist
|
World War II, Jewish Holocaust
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committed suicide
|
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Mao Tse-Tung
|
China
|
1945-1976
|
Communist
|
Revolutionary regime
|
died in office
|
Dictators responsible for horrible atrocities (at least 1 million
dead)
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time in Power
|
Notable Events
|
Regime type
|
After...
|
|
King Leopold II
|
Belgium
|
1865-1909
|
Colonization of the Congo
|
Monarch
|
died in office
|
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
|
Germany
|
1888-1918
|
World War I
|
Monarch
|
fled, died in exile
|
|
Czar Nicholas II
|
Russia
|
1894-1917
|
World War I
|
Monarch
|
overthrown, killed
|
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Enver Pasha, member of triumvirate dictatorship
|
Turkey
|
1913-1918
|
Armenian genocide
|
Military
|
fled, died in
rebellion
|
|
Vladimir Lenin
|
USSR
|
1917-1924
|
Russian Civil War
|
Communist
|
died in office
|
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Emperor Hirohito
|
Japan
|
1926-1989
|
World War II
|
Monarch
|
died in office
|
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Prime Minister Hirota Koki
|
1936-1937
|
Military
|
resigned, tried,
executed
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Prime Minister Tojo Hideki
|
1941-1944
|
Military
|
resigned, tried,
executed
|
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President Chiang Kai-shek
|
China / Taiwan
|
1928-1949
|
Chinese Civil War
|
Military
|
died in office
|
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President Ho Chi Minh
|
North Vietnam
|
1945-1969
|
Vietnam War
|
Communist
|
died in office
|
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President Kim Il Sung
|
North Korea
|
1948-1994
|
Korean War
|
Communist
|
died in office
|
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President Yahya Khan
|
Pakistan
|
1969-1971
|
Indo-Pakistan War
|
Military
|
resigned, died
|
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President Saddam Hussein
|
Iraq
|
1969-2003
|
Iran-Iraq War, Kurdish genocide
|
one party state
|
overthrown, tried,
executed
|
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Prime Minister Pol Pot
|
Cambodia
|
1975-1979
|
Cambodian genocide
|
Communist
|
overthrown, arrested,
died awaiting trial
|
|
President Kim Jong Il
|
North Korea
|
1994-
|
chronic famines
|
Communist
|
still in power
|
Generally bad dictators (over 10,000 killed)
|
President Kemal Ataturk
|
Turkey
|
1920-1938
|
one party state
|
died in office
|
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Prime Minister Benito Mussolini
|
Italy
|
1922-1943
|
Fascist
|
overthrown, killed
|
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Prime Minister Antonio de Salazar
|
Portugal
|
1932-1968
|
Fascist
|
resigned, died
|
|
Francisco Franco
|
Spain
|
1939-1975
|
Fascist
|
died in office
|
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Prime Minister Ion Antonescu
|
Romania
|
1940-1944
|
Fascist
|
overthrown, tried,
executed
|
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Ante Pavelic
|
Croatia
|
1941-1945
|
Fascist
|
overthrown, died in
exile
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