Who is your favourite dictator?

Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan)

^This for present day.

But Idi wins it overall. highest murder figures and probably the most brutal violence.

Great Thread! i have had this conversation so many times.. where are the top trump cards for this?

Idi Amin killed an estimated 300,000 - a lot, but Pol Pot's year zero "experiment" wiped out about 1 million. In percentage terms (those killed as percentage of total population) Pol Pot must be the worst. In outright terms, must be Stalin - 20 million plus?

Slightly off topic, but its interesting that some wars, conflicts just don't resonate with the public, even though they are reported extensively by international media. For instance I wonder how many people are aware of a devastating war in Congo that lasted from 1998-2003....or that 5 million people died.

No oil or other major resources in Darfur, Cambodia or Rwanda...but must people will have some idea about these places and what went on (I hope)

He's not really a dictator, but I have always had a soft spot for Gideon Gono, Robert Mugabe's right hand man and Zimbabwe's central banker.

I admire how he has stuck to the job even after it is evident that he has more or less singlehandedly fucked up the economy beyond any repair. (In the picture above he is unembarrassed holding up a 50 million dollar bill) He is also a well of original ideas; he has transformed the central bank to include things such as diary production.

No one has mentioned this cat. Not the worse by any means, actually favourable at some points in time.

Fidel Castro if you hadn't worked it out.

Hugo Chavez will sing for you

YouTube - ‪Hugo Chavez Sings Song About Hillary Clinton - Political Hotsheet - CBS News‬‏

YouTube - ‪Hugo cantando / Hugo Chavez sings‬‏

YouTube - ‪Hugo Chavez Singing in UN‬‏

A friend of mine got one just like that from his garden in Stoke Newington.
We liked it so much we had to get Spiderman involved.

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^This for present day.

But Idi wins it overall. highest murder figures and probably the most brutal violence.

Great Thread! i have had this conversation so many times.. where are the top trump cards for this?

They're here:
http://www.alexanderband.dk/gud/diktator/d2/index.htm

Played it quite a lot when drunk.

Pol Pot for me.

cult leader and general nutbag thread please.

Hugo Chavez has won several free and and fair elections; unlike George Bush, for example. I don't like his associating with Mugabe et al but it is fatuous to call him a dictator.

no mention of Saddam, unless I missed it?....odd given he had the lot - cars, palaces, tache, natty hats not forgetting killing millions including his sons-in-law

Lukashenka offered Saddam Belarussian passport during the Gulf War.

you can't have a list of Dicktators without this guy.

I've mentioned him few post earlier.
He's also finished badly - like a proper dictator.

All about Mahathir...

I've met him, and I tell you, he is one bad mama jama!

read this... leaves out alot, but includes his getting rid of Anwar by framing him as a homosexual...!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad

Why is Mohathir my favourite dictator? Cos he ruled a dictatorship whilst convincing the world he was leading a democracy... like a boss!

While in the region:

Than Shwe of Myanmar/Burma.
Scary guy.
Some mate of mine, who works for National Geographic, asked me once if someone could send some documents about Burmese opposition to my address in London and then someone from Polish embassy would pick them up, but thankfully they changed their minds. I was seriously shitting myself thinking, that I could be in possession of the whole opposition list and their government is all but democratic.

no mention of Saddam, unless I missed it?....odd given he had the lot - cars, palaces, tache, natty hats not forgetting killing millions including his sons-in-law

He had no flair or style though. Just a big wallet and knew about expensive things to spend the money on.

Also, I was adamant MrSmyth's avatar was Eazy-E, it's only now I realise it's Gadaffi.

He had no flair or style though. Just a big wallet and knew about expensive things to spend the money on.

Also, I was adamant MrSmyth's avatar was Eazy-E, it's only now I realise it's Gadaffi.

No style? His private yacht was equipped with surface to air missiles and had secret passages to take him to his getaway mini-submarine in case it was boarded by an enemy. All it is missing is a group of sharks with frikkin' laser beams on their heads, and lets face it in this time of WWF hippies they are hard to come by!

I was unaware of this. That is pretty baller.

Steve Jobs.............. closely followed by Mr. Turkmenbashi, the 'GREAT' leader of Turkmenistan. every single thing in that country has his name, or his face on it, everything.

Hope this aint a pearoast

Stephen Fry. Erudire and fauxknee.

Pol(itique) Pot(entielle).

Hope this aint a pearoast

Stephen Fry. Erudire and fauxknee.

I'd be gladly become his henchman.