Most interesting dictator?

Most interesting 20th century dictator?

  • Atonio Salazar

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Yahya Khan

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Adolf Hitler

    Votes: 43 34.4%
  • Josef Stalin

    Votes: 21 16.8%
  • Benito Mussolini

    Votes: 9 7.2%
  • Mao Zedong

    Votes: 6 4.8%
  • Tojo Hideki

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Pol Pot

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Francisco Franco

    Votes: 7 5.6%
  • Saddam Hussein

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Fidel Castro

    Votes: 12 9.6%
  • Sani Abacha

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ayatollah Khomeini

    Votes: 2 1.6%
  • Kim Il-sung

    Votes: 8 6.4%
  • (other)

    Votes: 14 11.2%

  • Total voters
    125

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As in, the one that you are the most fascinated (ba-dum pshhh) by when you read about them.
 
Ceausescu. :p . . . (edit: Mozilla recognizes the word! :eek:)

No, seriously I'll go with the clear ones: either Hitler or Stalin. Both are really strange and interesting personalities, and had a huge impact on history.
 
I will have to vote for Hitler. In my opinion he had the most impact.
 
Snap, I knew I forgot an important one. I should've put Ho Chi Minh as one of the regular ones.
 
Emperor Bokassa of The Central African Empire.

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Bokassa was a really...um...interesting guy too, but Hitler is by far my favorite. (Probably not the best choice of word.)
 
The grand daddy of 'em all, Adolf Hitler, followed by Stalin, Zedong, Kim Jong II and Ceausescu, in that order.
 
I've always found Kim Il Sung more interesting than Kim Jong Il. Even dead on earth, Kim Il Sung is still advertised by the North Korean power as the current ruler of the country, from heaven. His son Kim Jong Il is only his earth representative.
 
I've always found Kim Il Sung more interesting than Kim Jong Il. Even dead on earth, Kim Il Sung is still advertised by the North Korean power as the current ruler of the country, from heaven. His son Kim Jong Il is only his earth representative.

Wow, talk about cult of personality...
 
Wow, talk about cult of personality...
Yes, his official title is Eternal President, meaning hes still officially the head of state. Even Idi Amin was "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE."

That said, I have to go with one of the most underestimated dictators on the list, Benito Mussolini. The more you read about him the more you realise he wasn't the buffoon he's often depicted as, and is arguably one of the most influential men of the 20th century.
 
The Conqueror of the British Empire, Idi Amin, sure was an interesting fellow.
 
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