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The Top Ten: World's Worst Dictators, 2006

Updated February 28, 2017 | Infoplease Staff
The Top Ten


World's Worst Dictators, 2006


NameCountryIn Power Since
1.Omar al-BashirSudan1989
2.Kim Jong IlNorth Korea1994
3.Than ShweMyanmar1992
4.Robert MugabeZimbabwe1980
5.Islam KarimovUzbekistan1990
6.Hu JintaoChina2002
7.King AbdullahSaudi Arabia1995
8.Saparmurat NiyazovTurkmenistan1990
9.Seyed Ali Khamane’iIran1989
10.Teodoro Obiang NguemaEquatorial Guinea1979

Prepared by David Wallechinsky for Parade after consultation with Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, Amnesty International, and Reporters without Borders.
See Also:
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