Famous Historical Figures: Military Dictatorships

Roman dictator, 49-44BC; assassinated on the Ides of March

Killed 100000-500000 people, expelled Asians and called himself "the conquerer of the British Empire"

Notorious for throwing political opponents down helicopters, used the economic policies of the Chicago boys

Instigated the white terror after he lost a civil war and ran to an island

Most corrupt leader in modern history, his New Order caused enormous economic growth until the Asian financial crisis

Killed while inspecting the frontlines, president of Chad for thirty years

Banned western clothing and names, used the concorde to go shopping

Stole 5-10 billion dollars from his national bank, holds Guinness world record for greatest robbery of a government, deposed in the People Power Revolution

Called "father of the turks", undertook secular reforms to make his country progressive

Corporatist that controlled Portugal under the Estado Novo, refusing to give up any colonies

Declared himself emperor at a lavish ceremony that no-one important attended, inspired by Napoleon

Also known as "Papa Doc", ruled Haiti with an iron fist.

President of "europe's last dictatorship", ordered that a Ryanair plane land forcibly to remove a passenger.

President of South Korea's fifth republic between 1980 and 1988, killed 600 people during the Guanju uprising

President of Cameroon since 1982, the longest-serving non-royal leader in the world