In the case of many African or Asian former colonies, after achieving their independence in the postwar wave of decolonization, presidential regimes were gradually transformed into personal dictatorships.
Di banyak bekas koloni Barat di Asia dan Afrika, setelah mereka mencapai kemerdekaan mereka dalam gelombang dekolonisasi setelah Perang Dunia, bermunculanlah rezim-rezim kepresidenan yang perlahan-lahan berubah menjadi diktatur-diktatur pribadi.