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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Dictators of the world

Dictators of the world

Posted by Michele Boccamazzo on March 31, 2011

We are living in truly interesting times. Many countries, especially the ones in northern Africa, are going through a transition period. Many people choose to fight for freedom, but are we aware how many people today still live without it?
In fact all over the world there are still many counties based on some sort of dictatorship. So here’s a list of the most important dictators still in charge (according to Wikipedia):
  1. Muammar Gaddafi / Libya
  2. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo / Equatorial Guinea
  3. José Eduardo dos Santos / Angola
  4. Robert Mugabe / Zimbawe
  5. Paul Biya / Cameroon
  6. Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir / Sudan
  7. Idriss Déby / Chad
  8. Meles Zenawi / Ethiopia
  9. Yahya Jammeh / The Gambia
  10. François Bozizé / Central African Republic
  11. Raoul Castro / Cuba
  12. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei / Iran
  13. Bashar al-Assad / Syria
  14. Islom Karimov / Uzbekistan
  15. Ilham Aliyev / Azerbaijan
  16. Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow / Turkmenistan
  17. Than Shwe / Myanmar
  18. Kim Jong-Il / North Korea
  19. Frank Bainimarama / Fiji

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