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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 Field Marshal Idi Amin Amin shortly before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusuf Lule ...
Duce (from Latin dux meaning "guide") Benito Mussolini, from 1925 to 1943 dictator of Italy (formally "Head of Government"). Vodca ("Leader") monsignor Jozef Tiso, from 1942 self-styled, in Slovakia, President 1939–1945 (acting to 26 October 1939). Conducător ("leader"), a title used by Ion Antonescu and Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania.
President of the Central African Republic Central African Republic: 2013–2019 Cameroon: Michel Djotodia: President of the Central African Republic Central African Republic: 2014–2020 Benin: Tom Thabane: Prime Minister of Lesotho Lesotho: August–September 2014 South Africa: Viktor Yanukovych: President of Ukraine Ukraine: 2014–present Russia
Jean-Bédel Bokassa ([ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa] ⓘ; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996) was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR), after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966.
The plotters ousted President Makarios III and replaced him with pro-Enosis (Greek irridentist) nationalist Nikos Sampson as dictator. The Sampson regime was described as a puppet state, whose ultimate aim was the annexation of the island by Greece [92] [93] Dương Văn Minh South Vietnam: President North Vietnam: 30 April 1975 Fall of Saigon
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga [a] (/ m ə ˈ b uː t uː ˈ s ɛ s eɪ ˈ s ɛ k oʊ / ⓘ mə-BOO-too SESS-ay SEK-oh; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997.
The last time leaders of the African continent were invited to the White House, Barack Obama was president. It was August 2014, and the world was grappling with a deadly virus: Ebola. And Joe ...
During his presidency, his country was nicknamed the "Dachau of Africa", after the Nazi concentration camp, [6] with condemnations of his government issued by the International Commission of Jurists, [88] World Council of Churches, [89] the UN, [28] the Organisation of African Unity, [90] [91] Amnesty International, [92] [93] and the European ...