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Find out more about the greatest 20th Century Dictators, including Bashar al-Assad, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Kim Jong-un and Idi Amin.
This is a list of totalitarian regimes. There are regimes that have been commonly referred to as "totalitarian", or the concept of totalitarianism has been applied to them, for which there is wide consensus among scholars to be called as such.
From the infamous, psychotic madness of Caligula, to the bloody massacres led by Genghis Khan, countries and many peoples have suffered under these regimes throughout history. Unfortunately, the twentieth century history of the world is replete with examples of less than stellar leadership.
Twentieth-Century Dictators. Latin America continued to produce dictators through most of the twentieth century, most of whom differed little from the caudillos of the previous century. Juan Perón (1895–1974) of Argentina, Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) of Cuba, François Duvalier (1907–1971) of Haiti, Anastasio Somoza (1896–1956) of ...
Throughout the 20th century, hundreds of millions of people cheered their dictators, even as they were herded down the road to serfdom. Across the planet, the faces of Hitler, Mussolini, Mao, Stalin and others appeared on hoardings and buildings, with portraits in every school, office and factory.
In the latest episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, historian Frank Dikötter talks to our deputy digital editor Elinor Evans about his new book How to Be a Dictator, which explores the malevolent careers of eight 20th-century rulers including Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Mussolini.
Alexei Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964–1980) Nikolai Tikhonov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1980–1985) Nikolai Ryzhkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991) Valentin Pavlov, Prime minister (1991) Ivan Silayev, Chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee (1991) Russia.