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Here is a comprehensive, up-to-date list of the world's
dictators, with photos. We define a dictator as the ruler of a land
rated "Not Free" by Freedom House
in their annual survey
of freedom.
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria |
Jose Eduardo dos Santos Angola |
Ilham Aliyev Azerbaijan |
Aleksandr Lukashenka Belarus |
Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Brunei |
Than Shwe Burma |
Hun Sen Cambodia |
Paul Biya Cameroon |
Idriss Deby Chad |
Hu Jintao China |
Denis Sassou-Nguesso Congo-Brazzaville |
Joseph Kabila Congo-Kinshasa |
![]() Laurent Gbagbo Côte d'Ivoire |
Raúl Castro Cuba |
Hosni Mubarak Egypt |
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea |
Isaias Afwerki Eritrea |
![]() Moussa Dadis Camara Guinea |
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran |
Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan |
Choummaly Sayasone Laos |
Muammar al-Qaddafi Libya |
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Mauritania |
Kim Jong Il North Korea |
Qabus bin Said al-Said Oman |
Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Qatar |
Vladimir Putin Russia |
Paul Kagame Rwanda
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Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia |
Omar Al-Bashir Sudan |
Mswati III Swaziland |
Bashar al-Assad Syria |
Imomali Rakhmon Tajikistan |
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali Tunisia |
Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov Turkmenistan |
Sultan Khalifa bin Zayed al Nehyan, United Arab Emirates |
Islam Karimov Uzbekistan |
Nong Duc Manh Vietnam |
Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe |
Vladimir Putin of Russia Rules Chechnya |
Mohammed VI of Morocco Rules Western Sahara |
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Hu Jintao Rules Tibet |
Igor Smirnov Rules Transdniester in Moldova |