Top Ten Most Brutal Dictators During the Cold War
These Brutal And Evil Dictators Were Active During The Cold War (1947-1991)This Is My First History Related List, So I Might Have Missed Some
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian dictator, and was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state.
Pol Pot, born Saloth Sar, was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. Dictator Of Cambodia From 1975-1979
Words Cannot Describe How Heartless This Man Was, He
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949, until his death in 1976. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known... read more Dictator Of China From 1949-1976
Killed Up To At Least 70 Million People Due To Famine During The Great Leap Forward
Idi Amin Dada was a Ugandan politician and military officer. He was the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin was born either in Koboko or Kampala to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. In 1946 he joined the King's African Rifles of the British Colonial Army. Dictator Of Uganda From 1971-1979
He Was Rumored To Be A Cannibal, Killed His Own Staff In Violent Rages, Banned Asians From His Country
Kim Il-sung was the first Supreme Leader of North Korea, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Premier from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to 1994. Dictator Of North Korea From 1948-1994
Brainwashed His Country To Treat Him Like A God, Plus He Violated Tons Of Human Rights
Nicolae Ceaușescu (5 February 1918–25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was also the country's head of state from 1967, serving as President of the State Council and from 1974 concurrently as President of the Republic, until his overthrow... read more Dictator Of Romania From 1965-1989 (But Started To Get REALLY Bad In 1971)
Started Off Decent, But After He Visited China And North Korea In The Early 70's, He Started To Become Tyrannical
He killed 2 million people during his regime by famine,torture,executions,illegal abortions,beatings and more. He constructed gigantic buildings and he created somehow a communist dynasty. He banned abortions,contraception and scrabble. His wife was illiterate, his youngest son was alcoholic and more. But he helped and controlled economically poor countries such as Central African Republic, DR Congo,Somalia and other countries.It was like a communist economic empire during his barbaric rule.
Enver Halil Hoxha 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 of the Party of Labour of Albania. Dictator Of Albania From 1944-1985
He Was A HUGE Fan Of Stalin And Violated Human Rights
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism—Saddam played a key role in... read more Dictator Of Iraq From 1979-2003
During The Cold War, He Annexed Kuwait And Started The Gulf War In 1991
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, known as Fidel Castro (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016), was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his... read more Dictator Of Cuba From 1959-2006 (Though He Announced His Resignation In 2008)
Done TONS Bad Things
Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator from 1939, after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War, until his death in 1975. This period in Spanish history is commonly known as Francoist Spain.
Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. Dictator Of Libya From 1969-2011
He Was Pretty Infamous For Violating Human Rights
Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini, known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian Shia Islam religious leader and politician.
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically... read more
