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The debate on whether Lenin's regime was totalitarian is a part of a debate between the so-called "totalitarian, or "traditionalist" (and "neo-traditionalist"), school", rooted in the early years of the Cold War and also described as "conservative" and "anti-Communist" by Ronald Suny, and the so-called "revisionists"; the former is represented ...
President of the Republic of the Rif Republic of the Rif: 1926–1963† Réunion (1926–1947) Egypt (1947–1963) Amanullah Khan: King of Afghanistan Afghanistan: 1929–1960† British India Italy: Washington Luís [3] President of Brazil Brazil: 1930–1947 Switzerland Portugal United States: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo: President of Chile Chile
In Romania, Communist Party leader and President Nicolae Ceaușescu even had the same title, Conducător (Romanian for leader), as earlier dictator Marshal Ion Antonescu. U.S.-backed Indonesian president Suharto was awarded the title of "Father of Development" by the Golkar and Armed Forces-controlled Parliament in 1983.
The majority fall short of Hitler or Stalin, but history is rife with oppressors, war criminals, sadists, sociopaths, and morally complacent individuals 22 brutal dictators you've never heard of ...
Representative government has been a luxury that relatively few people have enjoyed throughout human history.
President (1870–1871) February 11, 1872: Sentenced to death, died in uncertain circumstances before sentence was carried out Saddam Hussein Iraq: April 28, 1937: President (1979–2003) December 30, 2006: Executed by hanging Sima Chi: China (Western Jin) 284: Emperor (307 to 311) March 14, 313: Executed prisoner of war Sima Ye: China (Western ...
Top Rank: No. 6 Bottom Rank: No. 18. President John F. Kennedy's years in the White House were marked by progressive domestic work, like the creation of the Peace Corps and early-on developments ...
Caamaño was one of the leaders in the movement to restore the democratically elected president Juan Bosch, who had been overthrown in a military coup d'état in September, 1963. He briefly became President before being removed by an invasion launched by the United States, who were fearing another Communist state in the Caribbean [86] [87]