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Totalitarian rulers
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The list Totalitarian rulers includes
Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Rafael Trujillo and Mobutu Sese Seko.
The list consists of 50 members.
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Saddam Hussein
President of Iraq
Overview: Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Maǧīd al-Tikrītī; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth ...Date of birth: 28 April 1937Date of death: 30 December 2006Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: IraqiOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Adolf Hitler
German, Head of State
Overview: Adolf Hitler ( 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party (officially the ...Date of birth: 20 April 1889Date of death: 30 April 1945Age: 56 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 8" (173 cm) 0
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Iosif Stalin
Dictator of the Soviet Union (1927–1953)
Overview: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and political leader who governed the Soviet ...Date of birth: 18 December 1878Date of death: 5 March 1953Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: GeorgianOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 4" (163 cm) 0
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Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino, Head of State
Overview: Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (, September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician and kleptocrat who served as the 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. Espousing ...Date of birth: 11 September 1917Date of death: 28 September 1989Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: FilipinoOccupation: Head of StateGender: Male 0
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Benito Mussolini
Prime-Minister and fascist dictator of Italy
Overview: Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the Fascist ...Date of birth: 29 July 1883Date of death: 28 April 1945Age: 61 (age at death)Nationality: ItalianOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 6" (168 cm) 0
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Rafael Trujillo
President of the Dominican Republic
Overview: Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( troo-HEE-yoh, 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe ("The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February ...Date of birth: 25 October 1891Date of death: 30 May 1961Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: DominicanOccupation: PoliticianGender: Male 0
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Democratic Republic of the Congo President
Overview: Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the President of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 ...Date of birth: 14 October 1930Date of death: 7 September 1997Age: 66 (age at death)Nationality: CongoleseOccupation: Head of StateGender: MalePartner: Bobi Ladawa (Married) 0
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Jong-Un Kim
North Korean leader
Overview: Kim Jong-un (Korean: 김정은; Hanja: 金正恩; born 8 January 1982, 1983, or 1984) is a North Korean politician serving as Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party ...Date of birth: 8 January 1983Age: 40Nationality: North KoreanOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 5" (165 cm)Partner: Ri Sol-ju (Married) 0
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Muammar Gaddafi
Ruler of Libya from 1969 to 2011
Overview: Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (c. – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary ...Date of birth: 6 September 1942Date of death: 20 October 2011Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: LibyanOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 6' (183 cm) 0
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Ayatollah Khomeini
Iranian, Religion
Overview: Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini ( khom-AY-nee, khohm-; Persian: سید روحالله موسوی خمینی 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), also known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an ...Date of birth: 17 May 1902Date of death: 3 June 1989Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: IranianOccupation: ReligionGender: Male 0
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Pol Pot
Cambodian, Head of State
Overview: Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who governed Cambodia as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1975 and 1979. Ideologically ...Date of birth: 25 May 1928Date of death: 15 April 1998Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: CambodianOccupation: Head of StateGender: Male 0
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Jong-Il Kim
North Korean, Head of State
Overview: Kim Jong-il (Korean: 김정일; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim (Russian: Юрий Ирсенович Ким); 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who served as the second Supreme Leader of North ...Date of birth: 16 February 1941Date of death: 17 December 2011Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: North KoreanOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 3" (160 cm) 0
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Nicolae Ceausescu
Romanian politician, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party
Overview: Nicolae Ceaușescu (, 5 February [O.S. 23 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 ...Date of birth: 26 January 1918Date of death: 25 December 1989Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: RomanianOccupation: Head of StateGender: Male 0
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Zedong Mao
Chinese, Head of State
Overview: Mao Zedong (Chinese: 毛泽东; pinyin: Máo Zédōng (formerly romanized as Mao Tse-tung), December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary ...Date of birth: 26 December 1893Date of death: 9 September 1976Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: ChineseOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 11" (180 cm) 0
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Francisco Franco
Dictator and head of state of Spain
Overview: Francisco Franco Bahamonde (, 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ...Date of birth: 4 December 1892Date of death: 20 November 1975Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 4" (163 cm) 0
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Augusto Pinochet
Chilean, Head of State
Overview: Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean Army General, politician and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the ...Date of birth: 25 November 1915Date of death: 10 December 2006Age: 91 (age at death)Nationality: ChileanOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 7" (170 cm) 0
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Isaias Afewerki
President of Eritrea
Overview: President Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician who has been the first and current president of Eritrea, a position he has held since after the Eritrean ...Date of birth: 2 February 1946Age: 77Nationality: EritreanOccupation: Politician 0
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Enver Hoxha
Albanian politician and general
Overview: Enver Halil Hoxha ( HOJ-ə, 16 October 1908 – 11 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the head of state of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary ...Date of birth: 16 October 1908Date of death: 11 April 1985Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: AlbanianOccupation: PoliticianGender: Female 0
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Ante Pavelic
Croatian, Military
Overview: Ante Pavelić ( 14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician and dictator who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and governed the Ind ...Date of birth: 14 July 1889Date of death: 28 December 1959Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: CroatianOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Il-Sung Kim
North Korean, Head of State
Overview: Kim Il-sung (Korean: 김일성, born Kim Sŏng-ju (김성주), 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death ...Date of birth: 15 April 1912Date of death: 8 July 1994Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: North KoreanOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 9" (175 cm) 0
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