Who’s Your Favourite Authoritarian Dictator?

[greenasgrass]

General Woundwort. Proper scary and one of the best end baddies ever. Tends towards hubris and goes out in a blaze of crazy glory.

(Everyone’s favourite rabbit is Bigwig surely?)

[TROY111]

Don’t forget Bush & Blair

[Purwell]

The Mekon!

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways

[Marlingford]

I was trying to think of female candidates for this list (no, not Priti Patel before anyone suggests her). There are obviously lots of women who have done incredibly brutal things by modern standards (Mary I an example), but are there any female leaders who appear to have revelled in being cruel?

[IanDavies]

General Woundwort is a particularly fantastic shout (among many on this thread).

I will update the runners and genociders this evening….

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[IanDavies]

Genghis Khan
Attila The Hun
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Robert Peel (NQDE)
John Russell (NQDE)
Chairman Mao
Pol Pot
Kim Jong-Un
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Ivan the Terrible
Vlad the Impaler
Timur
The Mekon (F)
General Woundwort (R)
George W Bush (NQDE)
Tony Blair (NQDE)

Form Key – NQDE=not qualified democratically elected, F=fictional character, R=rabbit

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[The Tatling Cheekily]

You’ve missed Idi Amin, or did he not make the field? General Franco also?

If fictionals are permitted, surely IngSoc leader ‘Big Brother’ is worthy of an entry. An interesting one as he is ‘fictional’ figurehead leader within a fictional book.

Another Orwellian suggestion, and based on ‘Uncle Joe’ Stalin, is Napoleon the Pig from Animal Farm.

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[homersimpson]

Some would say Vladimir Putin (not me though just in case he reads these boards).

[IanDavies]

Genghis Khan
Attila The Hun
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Robert Peel (NQDE)
John Russell (NQDE)
Chairman Mao
Pol Pot
Kim Jong-Un
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Ivan the Terrible
Vlad the Impaler
Timur
The Mekon (F)
General Woundwort (R)
George W Bush (NQDE)
Tony Blair (NQDE)
Idi Amin
General Franco
Big Brother (F)
Napoleon The Pig (FP)

Form Key – NQDE=not qualified democratically elected, F=fictional character, R=rabbit, FP=fictional pig

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[IanDavies]

I am declaring a safety factor of 40 btw.

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[Drone]

Jean-Bedel ‘Emperor’ Bokassa of the Central African Republic: alleged cannibal and confirmed child murderer who was also fond of torture and beatings

Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay who provided a safe haven for nazi war criminals

[IanDavies]

Genghis Khan
Attila The Hun
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Robert Peel (NQDE)
John Russell (NQDE)
Chairman Mao
Pol Pot
Kim Jong-Un
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Ivan the Terrible
Vlad the Impaler
Timur
The Mekon (F)
General Woundwort (R)
George W Bush (NQDE)
Tony Blair (NQDE)
Idi Amin
General Franco
Big Brother (F)
Napoleon The Pig (FP)
Jean-Bedel ‘Emperor’ Bokassa
Alfredo Stroessner

~24 declared~

Form Key – NQDE=not qualified democratically elected, F=fictional character, R=rabbit, FP=fictional pig

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[Nathan Hughes]

Can I supplement the milk snatcher

Blackbeard to conquer the World

[IanDavies]

Genghis Khan
Attila The Hun
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Robert Peel (NQDE)
John Russell (NQDE)
Chairman Mao
Pol Pot
Kim Jong-Un
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Ivan the Terrible
Vlad the Impaler
Timur
The Mekon (F)
General Woundwort (R)
George W Bush (NQDE)
Tony Blair (NQDE)
Idi Amin
General Franco
Big Brother (F)
Napoleon The Pig (FP)
Jean-Bedel ‘Emperor’ Bokassa
Alfredo Stroessner
Margaret Thatcher (NQDE)

~25 declared~

Form Key – NQDE=not qualified democratically elected, F=fictional character, R=rabbit, FP=fictional pig

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[Purwell]

As a “wannabe” Nigel Farage.

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways

[IanDavies]

Sorry, Purwell, he’s never been a Head Of State, let alone a dictator – I have to draw the line somewhere.

A fictional rabbit deserves to be in the list more!

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[The Tatling Cheekily]

Looking like a trappy race ID. Wouldn’t relish making book, although Woundwort would be short enough if allowed in. Would soon sort out Adolfs beloved Alsations for a kick-off. “Dogs aren’t dangerous”, if I recall correctly.

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