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2006 Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela
2003 Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator, dies at 78 1998 Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer, dies at 73 1997 Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66 1996 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75 1994 Lieutenant-General Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti 1992 U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes 1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule 1989 Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed 1989 Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed 1989 Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy 1989 Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) 1989 Elena Ceaucescu, wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed 1989 Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed 1989 Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency 1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1986 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos 1980 Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77 1979 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 1978 Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 1975 Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82 1973 Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba (1940-58), dies at 72 1972 Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda 1971 Billy Gilbert, U.S. actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76 1971 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64 1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda 1970 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies 1967 Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania 1963 Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonization 1961 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees 1958 Cubans dictator Batista flees 1958 Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power 1957 Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising 1956 Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez 1954 Getulio D Vargas, president/dictator Brazil: 1930 - 1945, 1951 - 1954, suicide at 71 1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74 1950 Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar 1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death 1946 U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain 1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator 1945 Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government 1943 Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns 1943 Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 1938 Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator, -1990 1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga 1937 Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado novo" 1937 Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies 1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece 1936 Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua 1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece 1935 Juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies 1935 Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35), dies 1935 Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies 1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp 1934 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia 1933 Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator 1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1933 Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup 1932 Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years 1932 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal 1930 Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60 1929 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid 1927 Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator 1926 Greek dictator General Pangulos driven out 1926 Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos 1926 Fidel Castro, born in Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator 1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president 1926 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator 1926 Greek General Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator 1925 Idi Amin, born in Uganda, military dictator, president of Uganda, assumed role of Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, attempted to annex Kagera, Tanzania 1925 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator 1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain 1922 Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered 1921 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator 1918 Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland 1915 Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer 1914 Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq, 1958-63 1914 Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela 1912 Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 1911 Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica 1911 Paulette Goddard, Marion Levy, born in Switzerland, actress, Great Dictator 1911 President/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends 1907 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti 1906 U.S. intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma 1903 Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award 1903 Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator 1901 Fulgencio Batista, president/dictator of Cuba, 1933-44, 1952-59 1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, president/dictator of South Vietnam, 1955-63 1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday 1892 Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Spanish General/dictator, 1936 - 1975 1891 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, president/dictator of Dom Rep, 1930-61 1889 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal, 1932-68 1889 Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45 1886 Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary, 1932-35 1883 Benito Mussolini, Il Duce, Fascist Italian dictator, 1922-43 1882 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia 1879 Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000 1878 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator, 1926 1874 Konstantin Pats, Estonian PM, 1921-23, 1932-33, dictator, 1933-40 1871 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator, 1936-41 1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain, 1923-30 1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland 1859 Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator 1839 Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay, 1816 - 1839, dies at 74 1830 Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies 1828 Simon Bolivar proclaimed dictator 1824 Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru 1799 Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France 1498 Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98 |
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