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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes 117 BC Hiempsal, co-ruler of Numidia: Hiempsal's death was ordered by his cousin, Jugurtha. December 24, 1942: François Darlan, former Head of Government of Vichy France and High Commissioner of France in Africa
Africa: Somali Democratic Republic [67] 1969 1991 Siad Barre: Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party: Communism Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Islamic socialism Scientific socialism Militarism: Unitary one-party socialist republic under a military dictatorship: Africa: Republic of Uganda [68] 1971 1979 Idi Amin: Military: Personalism ...
Jean-Bédel Bokassa would proclaim the Central African Empire in 1976, and in a lavish coronation ceremony the following year, awarded himself the full title of "Emperor of Central Africa by the will of the Central African people, united within the national political party, the MESAN". [2]
Prime Minister of South Africa: September 6, 1966: Cape Town South Africa: Dimitri Tsafendas: Abdirashid Shermarke: President of Somalia: October 15, 1969: Las Anod Somalia: His personal bodyguards Wasfi Tal: Prime Minister of Jordan: November 28, 1971: Cairo Egypt: Black September: Abeid Karume: President of Zanzibar: April 7, 1972: Zanzibar ...
Nalu people: 1890–1897† French Senegal: Béhanzin: King of Dahomey Kingdom of Dahomey: 1894–1906† Martinique French Algeria: Gungunhana: King of Gaza: Gaza Empire: 1895–1906† Portugal Azores, Portugal: Khalid bin Barghash: Sultan of Zanzibar: Zanzibar: 1896–1927† German East Africa British Mauritius (Seychelles) Saint Helena ...
The Ossewabrandwag was a far-right movement of mostly Afrikaners who opposed South Africa's participation in World War II and was sympathetic to the Nazi and Fascist regimes in Europe. [37] In 1942 the future Apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa, BJ Vorster was appointed a ‘General’ of the Ossewabrandwag. Vorster declared:
Sometimes it's hard to imagine what politicians and dictators were like before they left their marks on the global stage. We collected old photos of major leaders, past and current, to give a ...
The power structures of dictatorships vary, and different definitions of dictatorship consider different elements of this structure. Political scientists such as Juan José Linz and Samuel P. Huntington identify key attributes that define the power structure of a dictatorship, including a single leader or a small group of leaders, the exercise of power with few limitations, limited political ...