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  2. Benevolent dictatorship - Wikipedia

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    A benevolent dictatorship is a government in which an authoritarian leader exercises absolute political power over the state but is perceived to do so with regard for the benefit of the population as a whole. It stands in contrast to the decidedly malevolent stereotype of a dictator, who focuses on their supporters and their own self-interests.

  3. List of fictional dictators - Wikipedia

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    A satirical depiction of dictatorship. Maximilian II was a brutal dictator overthrown by Thorne, played by Donald Sutherland who later turned out to be a worse one. This film parallels Iranian Revolution, as Maximilian resembles Shah of Iran and Thorne resembles the Supreme Leader. [11] Digimon Emperor: Digital World

  4. List of titles used by dictators - Wikipedia

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    Suharto, Indonesia's longtime dictator, embezzled up to $35 billion from his country. Idi Amin 's official title while in office as President of Uganda was 'His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire ...

  5. Benevolent dictator for life - Wikipedia

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    Benevolent dictator for life (BDFL) is a title given to a small number of open-source software development leaders, typically project founders who retain the final say in disputes or arguments within the community.

  6. List of totalitarian regimes - Wikipedia

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    Unitary presidential constitutional republic under conjugal military dictatorship: Republic of Rwanda [139] 1973: 1994: Juvénal Habyarimana: National Revolutionary Movement for Development: Hutu supremacy Anti-Communism Ultranationalism Social Conservatism Right-wing populism Tropical Fascism Unitary one-party presidential republic under a ...

  7. Reception and legacy of Muammar Gaddafi - Wikipedia

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    Gaddafi was mourned as a hero by many across sub-Saharan Africa; [47] The Daily Times of Nigeria for instance stated that while undeniably a dictator, Gaddafi was the most benevolent in a region that only knew dictatorship, and that he was "a great man that looked out for his people and made them the envy of all of Africa". [48]

  8. Bram Moolenaar - Wikipedia

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    Bram Moolenaar (Dutch: [brɑ ˈmoːlənaːr]; 1961 – 3 August 2023) was a Dutch software engineer and activist who was the creator, maintainer, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, [1] a vi-derivative text editor.

  9. Talk:Benevolent dictatorship - Wikipedia

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    Obviously any wording that would imply in the article voice that someone is a benevolent dictator or is an "example" of benevolent dictatorship is completely unacceptable for being non-neutral, while a hypothetical "list of people who have been called benevolent dictators by someone" would be a mess of random opinions and unlikely to improve ...