Top 10 ruthless dictators of all time

Writing Ninja
2 min readApr 16, 2024

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Here’s a list of ten of the most notorious dictators in the history of mankind.

  1. .Adolf Hitler: Leader of the Nazi Party, responsible for the Holocaust and World War II.
  2. 2. Joseph Stalin: Led the Soviet Union through the Great Purge and orchestrated numerous mass atrocities.

3. Mao Zedong: Founder of the People’s Republic of China, responsible for the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, which resulted in millions of deaths.

4. Pol Pot: Leader of the Khmer Rouge regime, responsible for the Cambodian genocide, which resulted in the deaths of around 2 million people.

5. Kim Jong-il: The oppressive regime established by his father, Kim Il-sung, led to widespread human rights abuses and famine.

6. Idi Amin: Known as the “Butcher of Uganda,” responsible for widespread human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings.

7. Saddam Hussein: Brutal dictator responsible for the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, and numerous human rights abuses, including the Anfal genocide against Kurds.

8. Nicolae Ceaușescu: Led a repressive regime characterized by widespread censorship, surveillance, and human rights abuses until his overthrow and execution in 1989.

9. Francisco Franco: Dictator who led a military coup against the Spanish Republic, establishing a cruel regime characterized by political repression and censorship.

10. Slobodan Milošević: Serbian leader responsible for the Yugoslav Wars and numerous war crimes.

This is a list of only the top 10 ruthless dictators but it does not mean these are the only dictators of history there are also many dictators in are there.

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