Idi Amin - Biography - IMDb Biography Showing all 35 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (5) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (19) | Personal Quotes (3) Overview (4) 6' 4" (1.93 m) Mini Bio (1) Idi Amin Dada Oumee was born in the rural village of Koboko, Uganda, in 1923, a member of the Kakwa tribe. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern Uganda, Amin received a scant education which left him functionally illiterate. During the Second World War, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the British Army in the East African Rifles and fought in Burma against the Japanese. At the end of the war Amin joined the British 4th Ugandan Battalion. After distinguishing himself in the fight against Kenya's Mau Maus between 1953 and 1957, Amin was promoted to sergeant major and admitted to an officer training program. Despite his lack of formal education, he proved to be one of Uganda's most able military commanders.

In 1964, two years after Uganda was granted independence from Great Britian, Amin was appointed deputy chief of the nation's army and air force with the rank of colonel. When Amin's friend, Dr. Milton Obote, seized power in Uganda in February 1966, he placed Amin as his right-hand man in full command of the armed forces, promoting him to major general in 1968. By 1970 a rift had developed between the two men, both wanting more power. On January 25, 1971, Amin overthrew Obote in a military coup, forcing him into exile. Amin then declared himself president and general, and a year later promoted himself to field marshal. Amin's victory over the authoritarian Obote regime was initially greeted with widespread support. However, that soon turned to hatred and fear when Amin began solidifying his absolute control over the nation.

Within months after assuming office this large man (standing 6'4" and weighing 280 pounds) ordered the murder of over 5,000 members of the rival Acholi and Langi tribes which Obote and his supporters came from, beginning a reign of terror in Uganda from 1971 to 1979 in which at least 350,000 Ugandans were murdered by Amin and his secret police. In 1972 Amin, angered over foreign residents' control of Ugandan commerce, ordered the expulsion of 55,000 Asian workers and businessmen and seized their businesses and assets for himself and his supporters. Amin also stole $1.5 billion in US and British foreign aid money and squandered it on military weapons, tripling the size of Uganda's army. In 1975 he declared himself president for life and embarked on a campaign to humiliate British nationals, climaxing in the summer of that year when he forced four Englishmen to carry him around in an Organization of African Unity rally in a sedan chair.

Amin received some international attention in June-July of 1976 when he allowed Palestinian and East German terrorists to use Entebbe airport as a base to hold a group of hostages from a hijacked Air France airliner from Israel. In a daring midnight raid on July 4, 1976, Israeli commandos freed the hostages. Although Amin claimed he was trying to negotiate the hostages' release, there was irrefutable evidence that he was indeed cooperating with and supporting the hijackers. Although he converted to Islam, Amin was oppressive in his new religion and was a noted polygamist with at least five wives and 23 children. By 1977 Uganda's economy was in shambles with a failing infrastructure, and Amin began losing support almost everywhere. In an attempt to rally the Ugandan people for his support, Amin in the spring of 1978 ordered his army to invade neighboring Tanzania, occupying 400 square miles of the country, supposedly the beginning of his plan to conquer all of Africa for himself.

After a slow start, a force of 6,000 Ugandan rebels-in-exile, aided by a slowly mobilized 50,000-strong Tanzanian army, launched a counter-offensive against Amin's 70,000-strong army in December 1978. Amin's forces, demoralized and unwilling to fight any longer for their leader, rapidly collapsed. Although Col. Muammar Gadaffi of Libya sent troops and equipment to aid Amin's army, and the Palestine Liberation Organization sent some of its fighters, they were not sufficient to quell the popular uprising that ensued throughout Uganda and the approaching Tanzanian troops and Ugandan rebels. Amin's oppressive rule was brought to an end on April 11, 1979 when Tanzanian soldiers captured the Ugandan capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee into exile, taking most of his ill-gotten wealth and supporters with him. Amin first went to Libya and then to Saudi Arabia where he lived until his death in 2003.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Matthew Patay Spouse (5) Fun Facts About Dictators - Weird Worm Weird Worm Image Sources Subscribe to our newsletter Dictators get a bad rap these days. People think that being a dictator is all about crushing your enemies, oppressing the masses and carrying out ethnically targeted genocide campaigns, but it isn’t. There’s more to being a dictator than bullying and brutality. In fact, most dictators are actually pretty fun guys. Some of them, on the other hand, are just plain bonkers. Let’s take a look at the brighter side of some of history’s most bizarre and cruel men. Here are some fun and interesting facts about dictators. 1. Idi Amin Idi Amin Dada, a former heavyweight boxing champion, was the military dictator and self-appointed president of Uganda during the 1970s. When he took control of the small African country back in 1971 the people hailed him as a hero. However, they could not have know what kind of man their glorious General would prove himself to be. Maybe the pressures of leadership got to him because pretty soon he began to act very strangely indeed.

Of all Amin’s larger than life characteristics, his ego is perhaps the most famous. He awarded himself many titles and honours, eventually styling himself as ‘His Excellency, President for Life Field Marshall Al Hadj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC. Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular’. This made him one of the most powerful men in the world, in his own mind at least. But there was one title he did not award himself – that of king. This is not to say that he did not wish to be a king, however. He is rumored to have sent a love letters to Queen Elizibeth II of England, proposing marriage and even that he be made King of Scotland. This is a strange thing for any man to do, especially one known to have despised the British. Of course, Queen Elizabeth did not return Amin’s affections. Perhaps she was turned off by the knowledge that he was a polygamist, amongst other things.

He is known to have married at least six women throughout his life, one of whom was found dead, her body horrifically mutilated, after falling pregnant to another man. Amin is also thought to have fathered as many as 43 children. Since Amin’s death in exile rumors have been abound that he enjoyed eating the flesh of his enemies, however there is very little evidence to suggest that this is true. 2. Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler is one of the most infamous names in history. The dictator and Furer of Nazi Germany is remembered as one of the most nefarious characters ever to wear a moustache. As a ruthless dictator and mass murderer he is considered by some to have been the embodiment of evil. Yet despite this – or perhaps because of it – he is also the most caricaturised and ridiculed historical figures of all time, appearing in more comedy shows and cartoons than Count Dracula and George Bush combined. We consider this to be a form of punishment, assuming that such a serious and egotistical man would hate being mocked and belittled so. However, this could not be further from the truth.

Hitler was a great lover of comedy, the slapstick shenanigans of English comic Charlie Chaplin in particular. When Chaplin released his feature film ‘The Great Dictator’, in which he impersonated and publicly ridiculed the Furer, Hitler was not insulted in the least. In fact, he was said to have been amused and flattered by the performance. Add his winning sense of humour to the fact that he was also a vegetarian and an amateur painter, and you start to realize that Hitler wasn’t such a simmering pot of hatred and evil as history has made him out to be, more of a self deluding, misguided, genocidal buffoon. It is also thought that his failings as an artist may have been a causal factor of his genocidal tendencies. When VanGogh was frustrated he cut off his own ear, Hitler exterminated six million Jews instead. So what about the rumors that Hitler only had one ball? Well, opinion seems to be divided on this. Many historians believe that this little nugget was nothing but propaganda and that it was first introduced into the public consciousness by way of the popular song, originally entitled ‘Goering has only got one ball’.

However, there is evidence that Hitler did suffer a groin injury during the First World War and that his left testicle was indeed removed by army medics. 3. Josef Stalin Almost as bad as those of Hitler, the crimes committed by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin are often forgotten in the Western world. During his great purge nearly two million people were killed with many more being deported or sent to the torturous gulag detention camps. But while that statistic might have looked impressive on Stalin’s resume it tells us little about what he was like in person. Here are some things you probably don’t know about Josef Stalin. First of all, did you know that Josef Stalin wasn’t his real name but a pen name? With his real name being unpronounceable he took to using this pseudonym back in the days when he was a political activist, possibly in an attempt to hide his Georgian roots. It means ‘man of steel’. After his rise to power, popular nicknames for Stalin in the Soviet Union included ‘Papa Stalin’ and ‘Little Father of the Peoples’, owing to the fact that he was only 5foot 4inches tall. President Truman once described the despot as a ‘little squirt’.

Personally, I wouldn’t have called him this to his face; Stalin was notoriously sensitive about his height, having several portrait painters shot for failing to capture his godliness. If this wasn’t enough of a handicap for a dictator, a carriage accident in his youth had also left his left arm shortened and stiffened at the elbow, while his right hand was thinner than his left and frequently hidden. Despite being a grumpy little man, Stalin was also the man behind the most wicked practical joke ever played. Being a very private man he gave the order that no person should enter his bed chambers on pain of death. Later, while in his chambers he decided to test whether his guards had listened to this instruction. Pretending to scream in pain he called for the guards stationed outside the door. Fearing that their leader was in trouble the guards burst into the room. Stalin had them executed for failing to follow his standing orders. This little prank soon backfired, however, when Stalin suffered a seizure while alone in his bedroom. The guards were too afraid to enter, finding him hours later laid in a puddle of stale urine. He died three days later. 4.

Benito Musolini Another of the famous world war II dictators, Mussolini was the leader of Italy’s National Fascist Party and Prime Minister of Itally. His full title was ‘His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire’, but he also held the rank of First Martial of the Empire. While some consider Mussolini to have been Italy’s answer to Hitler, opinions are conflicted on this matter. While he was instrumental in the formation of the Fascist ideology and was politically allied with Nazi Germany he is said to have disliked Hitler immensely. He is also said to have had many Jewish friends and to have been opposed to the holocaust. He initially favoured siding with France against Germany but would seem to have fallen in with the wrong crowd. An interesting fact about Mussolini is that he loved eating raw garlic, despite suffering from a painful stomach ulcer, and believed that it was the elixir of life. And the award for most pathetic dictator goes to… 5.

Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov Saparmurat Niyazov, President for life of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2007, is one of the least famous dictators of all time, partly because few people in the Western world even know where Turkmenistan is. He didn’t invade his neighboring countries, commit mass murder or do any of the things that usually win dictators the international recognition they crave. Like most dictators, however, he was absolutely bonkers. Another thing he had in common with other dictators is the irresistible urge to rename things, towns and cities in particular. Niyazov, however, went one step further, changing the names of the days of the week and renaming calendar months after heros of the state. He even changed the word for bread, naming it after his beloved mother. What a softie. Of course, Niyazov did more than rename things. He also introduced sweeping medical and social reforms, closing all hospitals outside of his capital and firing 15,000 public health workers. Also closed were all of the country’s internet cafes and all rural libraries.

In 2006 one third of all Turkmenistan’s elderly had their pensions cancelled and were ordered by Niyazov’s government to pay back the previous two years payments. The resulting deaths through poverty, sickness and starvation may have been in the tens of thousands if not more, but Niyazov refused to admit that his policies had any ill effect on the populous. Amongst Niyazov’s most ridiculous laws was the ban on beards, make-up for newsreaders, recorded music and the exclusion of dogs from the capital city. Aparently he didn’t like the way they smell. Written by Mark Ball – Copyrighted © Image Sources Image sources: Idi Amin - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com A+E Networks Introduction In 1971, General Idi Amin overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year regime in which an estimated 300,000 civilians were massacred. His expulsion of all Indian and Pakistani citizens in 1972—along with increasing military expenditures—brought about the country’s economic decline, the impact of which lasted decades.

In 1979 his reign of terror came to an end as Ugandan exiles and Tanzanians took control of the capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee. Never brought to justice for his heinous crimes, Amin lived out the remainder of his life in Saudi Arabia. ‹ › Google Idi Amin: Early Life and Military Career Idi Amin Dada was born c. 1925 in Koboko, in northwestern Uganda, to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother, who separated shortly afterwards. In 1946, after receiving only a rudimentary education, Amin joined the King’s African Rifles (KAR), a regiment of the British colonial army, and quickly rose through the ranks. He was deployed to Somalia in 1949 to fight the Shifta rebels and later fought with the British during the suppression of the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya (1952-56). In 1959 he attained the rank of effendi—the highest position for a black African soldier within the KAR—and, by 1966, he had been appointed commander of the armed forces. Did You Know?

During his time in the army, Amin became the light heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda, a title he held for nine years between 1951 and 1960. Amin Commandeers Control of Uganda’s Government After more than 70 years under British rule, Uganda gained its independence on October 9, 1962, and Milton Obote became the nation’s first prime minister. By 1964, Obote had forged an alliance with Amin, who helped expand the size and power of the Ugandan Army. In February 1966, following accusations that the pair was responsible for smuggling gold and ivory from Congo that were subsequently traded for arms, Obote suspended the constitution and proclaimed himself executive president. Shortly thereafter, Obote sent Amin to dethrone King Mutesa II, also known as “King Freddie,” who ruled the powerful kingdom of Buganda in south-central Uganda. A few years and two failed—but unidentified—assassination attempts later, Obote began to question Amin’s loyalty and ordered his arrest while en route to Singapore for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference.

During his absence, Amin took the offensive and staged a coup on January 25, 1971, seizing control of the government and forcing Obote into exile. Amin’s Regime of Terror Once in power, Amin began mass executions upon the Acholi and Lango, Christian tribes that had been loyal to Obote and therefore perceived as a threat. He also began terrorizing the general public through the various internal security forces he organized, such as the State Research Bureau (SRB) and Public Safety Unity (PSU), whose main purpose was to eliminate those who opposed his regime. In 1972, Amin expelled Uganda’s Asian population, which numbered between 50,000 and 70,000, resulting in a collapse of the economy as manufacturing, agriculture and commerce came to a screeching halt without the appropriate resources to support them.

When the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked an Air France flight from Israel to Paris on June 27, 1976, Idi Amin welcomed the terrorists and supplied them with troops and weapons, but was humiliated when Israeli commandos subsequently rescued the hostages in a surprise raid on the Entebbe airport. In the aftermath, Amin ordered the execution of several airport personnel, hundreds of Kenyans whom were believed to have conspired with Israel and an elderly British hostage who had previously been escorted to a nearby hospital. Throughout his oppressive rule, Amin was estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of roughly 300,000 civilians. Amin Loses Control and Enters Exile Over time, the number of Amin’s intimate allies dwindled and formerly loyal troops began to mutiny. When some fled across the border into Tanzania, Amin accused Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere of instigating the unrest and retaliated by annexing the Kagera Salient, a strip of territory north of the Kagera River, in November 1978.

Two weeks later, Nyerere mobilized a counter-offensive to recapture the land, and drove the Ugandan Army out with the help of Ugandan exiles. The battle raged into Uganda, and on April 11, 1979, Amin was forced to flee when Kampala was captured. Although he originally sought refuge in Libya, he later moved to Saudi Arabia, where he lived comfortably until his death of multiple organ failure in 2003. Tags Idi Amin Biography (Political Leader) Birthplace: Koboko, Uganda Best known as: The dictator of Uganda, 1971-79 Idi Amin (also known as Idi Amin Dada) was the nutty, ruthless dictator of the African nation of Uganda during the 1970s. He started out as a soldier in the British colonial army in 1946 and became one of its first Ugandan commissioned officers. Idi Amin rose through the ranks and was eventually made the army's chief of staff under Uganda's first president, Milton Obote. In 1971 Amin overthrew Obote and seized power.

He became internationally famous in 1976 when he provided a safe haven for hostage-holding Palestinian hijackers, who were then attacked and killed at Entebbe by Israeli forces. In 1978 Amin's forces invaded neighboring Tanzania, but Tanzanian forces drove them back and invaded Uganda, forcing Amin to flee. Amin used brutal force against opponents during his reign, and it is estimated that he is responsible for at least 100,000 deaths (some estimates run as high as 500,000). After fleeing Uganda he settled in Saudi Arabia. He died there in 2003, apparently succumbing to a mixture of hypertension, kidney failure and other ailments. Extra credit: Between 1951 and 1960, Idi Amin was Uganda’s heavyweight boxing champ… Idi Amin had near-celebrity status in the ’70s, partly because of his goofball antics — jumping into swimming pools in full uniform, for example… Most sources suggest that Idi Amin was born in 1925, though at his death Ugandan officials claimed that Amin was 80.

Copyright © 1998-2017 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. Top 10 Worst Dictators In History - TheTopTens® Top 10 Worst Dictators In History OzzyVanHalen 2500 unarmed protesters killed in 45 minutes last night may 5th 2013 3am Building collapsed killed many people and she refused to take help from foreign countries. Rejected Lied to CNN that she allowed their journalist to cover the building collapse story where as she didn't allow actually. Many civilian are being killed by her supporters and police under direct order to fire upon the unarmed protesters who did a rally to show their feelings and point the fault of the present government. Holding the power like her father. Doing same as He did. Banned the basic rights of expressing opinions. Even when civil society's spokesman who ever he/she is (Scholar, National Prof, Writer of Constitution) speaks against her autocracy she names them as Mad! Only because of her now thousands of people are dying. She started the chaos by amending the constitution. She just wants to grab and hold the ruler-ship. Only because of her our economy is now destroying.

She and her followers now holding every top positions illegally. She already recruited her party men everywhere in the governmental offices. Election Commissions, Police Department, Army everywhere. And now doing mass killing by them. Everyday innocents are dying. Why you amended the fully ok constitution and now showing the constitution you edited and telling everyone that you are following constitution! What do you think we people are mad? We don't need a ferocious ruler like you nor dull brained Khalida Zia. What we ... more Sheikh Hasina is the worst prime minister in the History of Bangladesh. She is a Judicial Killer. She is using judicial system of Bangladesh to prevent th e raise of his opposition. Freedom of choice. Freedom of voice, Freedom of vote is plundered in his hand. No one is secured in country now. She just destroy our country. She doesn't tolerate the opposition and opposition's opinion. She is a damn cruel and ferocious killer. During last 11 months, at least 5000 innocent people has been died in several genocides directed by her. If any one does not support her he/she will be treated as anti liberation forces. Moreover she has killed so many Muslims leaders & Oppositions leaders.

V 2200 Comments 2 Adolf Hitler (Germany) Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As dictator of Nazi Germany, he initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and was a central figure of ... read more . Hitler was a terrible man, no doubt about it. He managed to even turn the most peaceful people in the world into radical haters, just through his speeches. He based all his Hatred on one group of more are less innocent people for no apparent reason. And he destroyed Germany 's reputation for a very long time. 70 years later and most still view us as Nazi's all thanks to him. Without a doubt the worst dictator in History. I know what you mean people in Ireland still say never trust a German as they are a good for nothing Nazi 8( His idea to end the hatred of Jews was to kill them! THAT'S NOT GOOD! He killed millions of innocent people just because he didn't like them as a race.

Everything he did was based on race. He didn't just target Jews, he went after Gypsys, the physically and mentally disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals. He may have also targeted atheists, that one isn't clear. V 219 Comments 3 Joseph Stalin (USSR) Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state. Lets see, he sacrificed 27 million of his people during world war 2, and 75 million people in total. Hitler only killed about 15 million people so whoever voted for Hitler doesn't know what they are talking about. People will say that Hitler was most brutal because of the holocaust of Jews but anyone in the Soviet Union who showed devotion to any religion was brutally murdered and their families were often also additionally killed to show the seriousness of the regime Joseph Stalin killed Jews as well as Hitler.

Why is franco not on the list The most cruel leader on the world, he led the starvation of millions in ukraine. V 158 Comments 4 Mao Zedong (China) Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949, until his death in 1976. ... read more . I'm a numbers guy. He killed more people than anyone else. Mao Zedong has caused the most deaths of any dictator. If starving your country is good then Mao Zedong is the best leader there is. I've heard up to 70 million deaths He killed more people than Stalin and Hitler. V 89 Comments 5 Kim Jong-il (North Korea) Kim Jong-il was the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly referred to as North Korea, from 1994 to 2011.

By the early 1980s Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership of the country and assumed important posts in the party and army organs. Kim Jong Il is by far worse than Hitler would ever be. At least Hitler and Stalin had the decency to fee very small portions of food to prisoners or execute prisoners by a quick shooting or gas chamber. Kim Jong Il basically starved his people and if they were too weak to work, he would either torture them by drowning, dissection and if lucky, shot or in a gas chamber. The concentration camps are very hidden and only FORMER guards can tell the tale. When you arrive at the camp, there are deformities, amputees, newborn babies injected with a liquid that causes major swelling, babies buried alive or faced down to suffocate. Also the already weak people were dissected alive in underground labs. These are by far the most inhumane and painful ways anybody can torture someone since medieval times, I believe. He also spent millions and millions of money that South Korea gave to him to help aide others, he basically spent it all on military. Over 20 million people were kill and died a slow ...

more He kills people for almost every crime possible he has families put in labour camps for life and keep children their and has entyre families killed in gas chambers with sciencetists taken notes prime minster David Cameron and president Obama should send in the troops and assassinate him and his son next inline for leader Crazy mad bastard. He constantly tortures and kills and starves his own people and 99% of his population lives in concentration camps or collectivized farms (which are actually not that different). And yet, his people worship him as a god. They believe he was born under a double rainbow as the birds sang in Korean, that he invented the hamburger, that he invented golf, invented football, saved Pyongyang from an evil capitalist Godzilla ripoff (as seen in the North Korea version of Godzilla) and planted the first human astronaut on the sun. I don't know who is crazier, Kim Jong il or his people. I gotta mushroom cloud for you V 35 Comments 6 Vlad III the Impaler (Wallachia) Does anyone have any freaking clue what he did? He killed anyone who dare did anything to slightly offend him. He had two men's hats nailed into their head because they didn't take them off in his palace.

He killed people in the most painful ways possible. Mostly by impaling a stake through the bottom of their bodies all the way to their mouths. Then, he would "decorate" with them by placing them around his house and the city to scare away enimies. At the beginning of his power, he placed a gold cup in the middle of his land. Until his death, nobody ever stole it because they were so afraid of him. It was terrible. Read more if you want, just google him. There's quite a few great articles. He killed more people than Hitler, and more painfully too. He would boil children and make their parents eat them What these people are saying about this guy scares the living hell out of me! Holy God! Impaling people up to their mouths?! This guy was, in simple words, a monster. - SwagFlicks V 42 Comments 7 King Herod (Israel) He is a killer. He killed all the baby boys that he could, just because he couldn't find 1 baby. He thought the baby was going to take his crown from him. That doesn't give him the right to kill. He tried to kill Jesus. Enough said.

It looks like a lot of you didn't do research. According to the Bible he was a murderer who tried to kill Jesus. However, this is mere fiction, only the Bible mentions the Massacre of the Innocents, there is no other source to prove that this event truly happened. Herod the Great didn't earn his epithet for nothing, according to other sources he was a powerful monarch who increased the territory of the Roman Empire (at that time Judea was under the control of the Empire), greatly expanded the Temple of Jerusalem and constructed the port Caesarea. He wasn't a nice person, but he also certainly wasn't an evil dictator. For trying to kill every baby boy in israel, he is probably burning in hell... V 12 Comments 8 Pol Pot (Cambodia) Pol Pot, born Saloth Sar, was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. Pol Pot, in my opinion, should be the top of the list. While Hitler and Stalin destroyed more lives, Pol Pot was just plain idiotic.

At least Hitler and Stalin both contributed something important to their countries. Pol Pot, on the other hand, almost threw his own country, Cambodia, back to the stone ages. It is too bad that I do not believe in Hell, as Pol Pot should absolutely be there for eternity. The American people still don't seem to realize the extent of the genocide this bastard committed against his own people, those of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Burma... Jane Fonda was an idiot; she should apologize to the people of southeast Asia, and particularly Vietnam. He was a complete and utter bastard in my opinion, who killed people for the sake of bringing Cambodia back to the Stone Age, and who is currently awaiting trial! He ordered "legal" Genocide against his own people, making him both the first and only leader to do that in history. V 24 Comments 9 Bashar al-Assad (Syria) When I see photos of this man with his family and I read about his educational upbringing, I am astonished. How could a man with so much privilege and opportunity also have a reputation of being one of the world's worst dictators - in HISTORY! I mean think about it...

When I look back on my life I want to be rememebered for the good I have done. For my ability to bring the human race together as one... Or at least try. Leaders such as Lincoln, Roosevelt, even Queen Elizabeth I. These are the types of leaders I look upon fondly. And though each are fallible, I also believe they worked with a good heart. Do I believe we should ever have war - no. To be that act is as uncivilized and animalistic as two Rams banging heads along a Rocky Mountain cliff. However, I find it down right insulting to "God" - or whatever higher power exsists, to think "He" would approve of anyone kiling what "He" has created. And I write this with a very agnostic viewpoint. But, if there is a creator (and I'm ... more A very cold-hearted tyrant who allowed his own country to plunge into civil war, creating a multifaceted struggle between a multitude of different groups. His regime has killed tens of thousands to retain power, and in the most brutal means possible.

The paramilitary groups loyal to Assad - known as the Shabiha - have deliberately targeted children as young as 2 years old to terrorize anyone who dares oppose his rule. It is true that al-Qaeda has hijacked a good chunk of the revolution. But in condemning the Jihadist atrocities, we cannot also lose sight of the Assad regime's depravity. He is responsible for the death of 30,000+ syrians so far! His troops have committed slaughters, rapes, mass burials, and many other extremely foul actions, and not just settling for the already terrible Death! What kind of person let's their own country fall into anarchy within a small amount of months. - ItsDaWorldOfSNuGGLEZ V 31 Comments 10 Saddam Hussein (Iraq) Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region—which ... read more .

He exterminated his people, committed ethnic and sectarian genocide, he is first to use chemical WMD on his own Kurdish citizens, engaged his country in 3 destructive wars, invaded 2 neighboring countries and caused destruction of an entire country Kuwait, caused a n environmental disaster by actually drying up entire river tributaries, and caused his people to suffer from a long UN embargo that almost destroyed an entire generation of Iraqis This guy should be at number one he is that bad. He wins the election every time because he rigs it compared to better dictators who actually do the election fairly Saddam Hussein was indeed a terrible man who did horrendous things such as killing his own son-in-laws, exterminating the swamp arabs (or Muslims? ). However that said his strict dictatorship did bring Iraq together and it was probably better then, then now in Iraq. Best in the world The Contenders 11 Kim Il-sung (North Korea) Started the disaster that is North Korea. Now in it's third generation, only an internal coup, which is unlikely due to the terror and mistrust of those in key positions, or an external "takedown" will solve the problem.

In my opinion, the civilized nations of the world owe it to the people of North Korea to remove the government and reunite it with the South, China's wishes be damned! What did kim 2 sung, sing, I just wanna know The father of Kim jong I'll let me tell you some he was worse than his son he started Korean that killed millions starved more people than Kim jong il blamed the suffering of his country on the USA he made it hell for his ownpeople And Kim-Jong-Un as well. V 2 Comments 12 Idi Amin Dada (Uganda) Idi Amin Dada was the third President of Uganda, ruling from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment the King's African Rifles in 1946, serving in Kenya and Uganda. he was responsible for 300,000 murders! - Oh, I've herd of this guy. In addition to committing a mass genocide in his home country of Uganda (that's in Africa.

I say this because I know people who thought that London was the capital of France and I want to be safe), but he was also a cannibal and declared himself emperor of all the Ugandans on the grounds that he has single handedly defeated the tyrannical British empire. I honestly don't know why they let monsters like these come to power instead of throwing them into the loony bin. Big shame for East Africa nations hope he was the first and last dictator of all times Total lunatic V 15 Comments 13 Caligula (Roman Empire) He was a sick and cruel man because when he was a kid his whole family was killed by the empire of Rome ( his uncle) and then his uncle took him to an island where he had lost it. Then after his uncle got sick he asked the guard to let him kill the emperor and he said yes so Caligula choked him while during a conversation. Then he became emperor and everybody loved him so they gave him the whole world of Rome to rule as he wishes. Where's Nero? He was worse than Caligula because he killed Peter and Paul. What a jerk.

Among dictators there are those who believe the end justify the means, others lack any justification other than self gratification, then there are those who are simply insane and act without rhyme or reason. Caligula was of the latter category and Rome suffered immensely for it. Named after a shoe he like to wear. Can't get more pathetic than that. V 12 Comments 14 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt) He made a military coup in egypt removing the rightfully elected dr. Mohamed morsi and took over his place and is killing his opponents from protestors and asks the people for permissions to do his massacres from killing innocent unarmed people and also the medioa supports him greatly so far he killed 300 people all from the dr morsi supporters and injured 10000 and still counting may allah be with us He just killed 3000 peaceful protestors he is simply the worst and should be in the top of the list He is the worst man ever to rule egypt Worst dictator. Killed people killed democracy. V 1 Comment 16 Ante Pavelic (Croatia) Before you post something like this you got to possess some elementary knowledge of History.

First of all, going to every Wikipedia will show you that this guy killed 700.000 people only in one concentration camp - 'Jasenovac' according to official Yugoslav statistics after the war. Second, his murders were not turned against 'Bosnians'. There is no nation as Bosnians. Bosnia is the territory populated by Serbs, Croats and Bosnian Muslims. Ante Pavelic was a Croat who recruited both Croats and Muslims to exterminate the Serbs. So had his country lasted more, he wouldn't have turned against the Turks as you suggested (or against Japanese and Mexican) but completely exterminated the Serbian population which was his constitutional goal. Lets not forget to say that with the help of the US modern Croatian country has managed to complete the process of ethnic cleansing of the Serbs that Pavelic successfully started. And third and the last, over 90% of his victims were the Serbs. His motto ... more The last post is the most accurate. Per capita Ante Pavelic and the Croatian Ustase Neo-Facists should be rated #1!

Out of a population of 2 million they butchered and murdered 700,000-1 million mostly Serbians along with Jews and Gypsies. Almost half the Serbian population there! The population (men, women, children, elderly) was systematically massacred in the most brutal ways imaginable. Go to Croatia and mention Serbs and see the hate for yourself. Hell, just ask any Croat in the world and see their denial. He was just horrible. This guy tried to murder so many people that the UN at one point concluded him to be more dangerous than Hitler. He killed so many Bosnians and Gypsies that he almost wiped out an entire CONTINENT.P. S if he had lived longer and had kept more authority, Turkey and the entire Middle East would be completely gone now V 10 Comments 17 Muammar al-Gaddafi (Libya) "Sometime CHANGE is not good". Take a look at Libya current situation; this change leads to civil war in this country which cause hunger, social unrest, criminal, and refugee in this country. Suppose Muammar Al-Gaddafi still lead this country under his dictator, I think the situation would much better than democracy which the protester need.

Gaddaffi has been dictator for 42 years and in those years he killed his own people who were protesting peacefully He was the worst modern day dictator in Africa Gaddafi we mis u V 8 Comments 18 Yahya Khan (Pakistan) He played a bloody role in the Bangladesh war, back then East Pakistan, in 1971. As Pakistani commander-in-chief, in March 1971 he gave the Pakistan army green light to rampage through East Pakistan with impunity just because the Bangladeshis wanted to be free from the rule of West Pakistan which badly neglected East Pakistan as was seen in the clumsy handling of the aftermath situation of notorious 1970 cyclone Bhola. Yahya Khan infamously said: "Kill three million of them [Bangladeshis], and the rest will eat out of our hands." Anyway, 9 months and about a million deaths later, Bangladesh got its freedom anyway in December 1971. The 1970s was really a extraordinarily brutal decade back then.

Same decade, Pol Pot ravaged Cambodia, Pinochet had an iron fist on Chile, the Red Terror in Ethiopia began, ongoing Vietnam war, East Timor was invaded, the civil war in Lebanon had its first days in the 1970s and so on. He cheated his own people and his family. ... read more . I think this is what happened (in metaphor). You can be as good as you can, and doing your best for your country is all it takes to grow your nation and make it proud. However, trying to follow or be someone else, especially if it's something you don't like, will overextend your limits and can have conflicts for you and others. Adolf Hitler admired Mussolini's Fascist Party so much that he took it a step further and created his version of Fascism. Mussolini knew he was weak at the time, so he allied in order to stay safe; but this caused hate from the citizens of Italy due to losing battles, execution, and harsh laws. The Worst, never been a courageous dude, followed by all nasty Italians. Big shame for them, but by opposition of German they are still proud of Mussolini (Il Duce).

Real pity for not recognizing him as a dictator. The reason Italy is a coward on Hetalia. Then again, at least Italy was a better person than Mussolini! - ModernSpongeBobSucks The worst Italian dictator ever! 20 Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) I no like him, he destroy democracy in Zimbabwe, our cricket team has never recover This kills white people purely because he doesn't like them and he has crippled his own country, absolutely vile pathetic excuse for a human being He is surrounded by his bootleekers who are ready to kill. Anyone who opposes him becomes an enemy of the state. He is indeed cruel, lies about the west, while he is the worst ever man God allowed to lead people. Dictator and killer, today he has no clue to where the nation should go. Please God help us on this one. He's a good bloke Here Are 7 Of The Most Ruthless African Leaders Ever • General Idi Amin of Uganda General Idi Amin was born in 1925 in Koboko, Uganda and came into power through a military coup in 1971. His tyrant rule of eight years earned him the nickname “The Butcher of Uganda” because of his brutality.

He used his killer squad to murder his opponents and their families. Due to the brutality of his regime, the United Kingdom broke off diplomatic relations with Uganda in 1977 and he declared he had defeated the British. He went on to confer on himself the following titles “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 in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.” According to Amnesty International, Idi Amin was responsible for the death of 500,000 people during his rule. He engaged in ethnic purging of the Acholi and Lango people throughout Uganda and in his own army, as he was constantly paranoid about being overthrown. General Sani Abacha of Nigeria General Sanni Abacha might have been in power for only five years but he left a mark on Nigeria. He ruled the nation with impunity and declared his government above the law.

Of his notorious crimes, he is famous for the looting of about five billion dollars stolen funds, and the 1995 killing of political and environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwa. He was believed to have participated fully in the July 1966 countercoup that lead to the death of the head of state, Major-Gen. Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi and subsequently lead to civil war. His regime is also regarded as one of the most brutal in Nigeria’s history and he was considered “a man of few words and deadly actions.” In 2004 he was listed as the fourth most corrupt leader in history by Forbes. Charles Taylor of Liberia He was the president of Liberia for six years serving from 1997 to 2004 and his campaign slogan ran “He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him.” In 1989, Taylor led an uprising from Côte d’Ivoire into Liberia, beginning a seven-year civil war that killed 200,000 people. He was the cause of many Liberian civil war and deaths of innocent citizens.

He and his followers used rape as a weapon and took the innocence of many young girls. Taylor was accused of aiding rebels fighting in the Sierra Leone Civil War during the 1990s by trading weapons for diamonds. He recruited child soldiers and encouraged his followers to cut off the hands of people so they cannot rebel against him and together they caught of the limbs of several innocent people including babies and toddlers. He lost power in Liberia following a second civil war, and he has been sentenced to fifty years in jail by an international war crimes court. At 91, Robert Mugabe one of the oldest dictators Africa has had and he continues to rule with fear. He has been in power since 1980 and believes in democracy while oppressing the people of Zimbabwe. He is considered a racist as he has an aversion to white people and he uses his anti-west propaganda to commit most of his crimes. He chased white people out of his country and took away their properties including their lands. He gave the lands to his immediate relatives and friends while the people continue to suffer. The west considers him one of Africa’s worst dictators.

Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir of Sudan Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir has been the President of Sudan since 1993 and he is behind the death of 500,000 people murdered in Darfur between 2003-2009 in which babies and toddlers were not spared. He planned to commit genocide against several ethnic groups such as the Massalit and Zaghawa groups. He sponsors terrorists groups with oil money and is currently declared a war criminal and a wanted man by the United Nations. He has been charged with several crimes against humanity and is considered one of Africa’s worst dictators ever. Ahmed Sekou Toure of Guinea Born on January 9, 1922, Ahmed Sekou Toure was elected the first President of Guinea and served from 1958 until his death. In 1960 he declared his Parti democratique de Guinee (PDG) the only legal party in the state and ruled as a dictator. He imprisoned or exiled his strongest opposition leaders. First seen as a messiah by the people, he quickly became a ruthless dictator. Many people fled the country to avoid the death camps established during his rule.

His presidency was based on Marxism and Toure directed waves of arrests, detentions, and some executions of known and suspected opposition leaders in Guinea. According to Amnesty International 4,000 persons on Guinea were detained for political reasons, with the fate of 2,900 unknown. As a result of mass graves found in 2002, some 50,000 people are believed to have been killed under the regime of Touré in concentration camps such as Camp Boiro. Toure died on 26 March 1984 while undergoing cardiac treatment at Cleaveland Clinic in Ohio. Jean-Bedel Bokassa of Central African Republic Jean Bedel Bokassa came into power following a coup that saw him deposing his cousin and taking control of the country on New Year’s Eve in 1965. The tenure of Jean Bedel Bokassa as a military ruler of Central African Republic from 1976 to 1979 saw him destroying the lives of innocent people as well as opposition leaders. He named himself president for life in 1972 and emperor in 1976.

He declared a monarchy and his coronation ceremony is estimated to be around $20 million which was one third of the country’s budget for the year. He spent lavishly while in power and in 1979, his troops massacred civilians who were rioting over food prices in Bangui, and he later killed 100 schoolchildren who refused to purchase expensive uniforms bearing his image. Bokassa allegedly beat children with his cane during the protest. The backlash from the incident forced Bokassa into exile and out of power. He was also a cannibal who ate the flesh of his enemies including the flesh of the opposition leaders he killed and he was referred to as “The Butcher of Bangui.” Idi Amin Dada, VC, CBE .. RIP | World news | The Guardian Idi Amin Dada, VC, CBE ..

RIP Blood-stained former Ugandan dictator mixed butchery and buffoonery Peter Beaumont , foreign affairs editor Saturday 16 August 2003 19.30 EDT Share on Messenger Close Idi Amin, the ruthless former dictator of Uganda who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of his countrymen in one of Africa's bleakest periods, died yesterday in exile in Saudi Arabia. The 80-year-old former heavyweight boxing champion who styled himself 'Dada' and called himself 'a pure son of Africa' had been on a life-support machine since slipping into a coma on 18 July in King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah. According to hospital sources, he died at 8.20am after suffering kidney failure. Amin's death brings to an end a career marked in equal measure by violence and a dark absurdity that verged on madness, and whose principal victims were his own people. As many as 500,000 died during his rule, before he was forced out in 1979 by a coalition of Ugandan exiles and Tanzanian troops.

In his eight years in power he ordered the expulsion of Uganda's Asian business class, causing economic chaos; flirted with Palestinian hijackers, leading to the Israeli raid on Entebbe; invited the Queen to come to Uganda if she 'wanted a real man'; and fed his opponents to crocodiles. Amin's death was welcomed by his former victims and adversaries. In Uganda, Oonapito Ekonioloit, press assistant to President Yoweri Museveni, called Amin's death 'good'. The Rt Revd Dr John Sentamu, Bishop of Birmingham, fled Uganda for England in 1974 after a near-fatal attack by Amin's henchmen.Yesterday he expressed regret that the brutal dictator was never brought to justice. 'His death and burial will signal the end of our bad past,' he said. Amin was born into the small Kakwa tribe in Koboko, a village in north-west Uganda; his mother claimed to be a sorceress. Barely literate, he dropped out of school, opting to join the King's African Rifles, where he saw action in the Mau Mau revolt in Kenya in the early 1950s.

He was one of only two native Ugandans to receive a commission from the British Army during colonial rule. British officials assessed him thus: 'A splendid type and a good [rugby] player... but... virtually bone from the neck up, and needs things explained in words of one letter.' By 1966, he was chief of staff under Milton Obote, whom he at first supported, but then deposed in a coup in 1971, an act that met with the private satisfaction of the Foreign Office. Britain's early approval of Amin quickly soured as the 'splendid type' initiated a regime that violated almost every human right. Within a year, Amin had expelled 40,000 Ugandan Asians, after announcing that God had told him to make Uganda 'a black man's country'. It was only the beginning as Amin began the massacre of enemies both real and imagined. Bodies were dumped into the crocodile-infested Nile because graves couldn't be dug fast enough. 'Even Amin does not know how many people he has ordered to be executed...

The country is littered with bodies,' said Henry Kyemba, Amin's longtime friend and a former Health Minister, when he defected to Britain in 1977. In parallel to the bloodshed Amin was also remoulding his personality. He declared himself King of Scotland, having already promoted himself to field marshal and awarded himself the VC. In one of his more bizarre moments, he wrote to the Queen in 1975: 'I would like you to arrange for me to visit Scotland, Ireland and Wales to meet the heads of revolutionary movements fighting against your imperialist oppression.' He is reported to have sent the Queen a telex that read: 'Dear Liz, if you want to know a real man, come to Kampala.' But his buffoonery was a side issue to his brutality and murderous tastes. In 1976, pro-Palestinian hijackers of a French airliner landed at Entebbe airport with more than 100 hostages, mostly Jews, apparently with the collusion of Amin, instigating an Israeli commando raid to free the hostages.

In response, he ordered the murder of a British Jew, Dora Bloch, a grandmother who had been released early by the hijackers for medical treatment. Eventually, however, Amin's taste for violence was his undoing. A series of skirmishes between Uganda and Tanzania came to a head in January 1979, when Ugandan army exiles, supported by Tanzanian troops, invaded. Amin's rule was over and he fled with his five wives and dozens of children to Libya. Later he would seek refuge in Saudi Arabia, which gave a fellow Muslim a pension. Despite appeals by his hosts to keep a low profile, he lived well. Locals spotted him in shopping malls, where he once told a reporter: 'I'm very happy now, much happier now than when I was President' Idi Amin - IMDb IMDb Composer Idi Amin Dada Oumee was born in the rural village of Koboko, Uganda, in 1923, a member of the Kakwa tribe. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern Uganda, Amin received a scant education which left him functionally illiterate.

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Question: Which ruthless dictator was nicknamed ‘Dada’?
Answer: Idi Amin