Wikipedia Draft:Dictator (Modern Sense)

A dictator is the head of state which exercises absolute political power over the entire country.

Certain criteria can bring to light the dictatorial character of a head of state within a country, without necessarily meeting them all:

Personality cult, narcissistic character

Repression of all forms of opposition and failure to respect the human rights of individuals

Lack of election or falsified elections. Little or no observation of the elections by the international community

Lack of freedom of expression, freedom of the press (control and stranglehold of the media), freedom of assembly, freedom of religion

Keeping the population away from education (enlisting the youth) and / or faking history.

Absolute command of the army and / or the police

Staff Corruption and enrichment

Search for division to rule

Censorship and propaganda practices

Nicknames conveying the idea of ​​guiding the people

Middle East

 * Abd al-Karim Qasim (1958-1963), Iraq
 * Abdul Salam Arif (1963-1966), Iraq
 * Saddam Hussein (1970’s-2003), Iraq
 * Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1975-1979), Iran
 * Ruhollah Khomeini (1979-1989), Iran
 * Hafez Al-Assad (1971-2000), Syria
 * Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954-1970), Egypt
 * Anwar Sadat (1970-1981), Egypt
 * Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011), Egypt
 * Ali Abdullah Saleh (1978-2012) Yemen