Benevolent dictatorship
political system
A benevolent dictatorship is a government that has a leader considered by some as a dictator but has the support of the people, unlike a malevolent dictator who only focuses on them selves, their government and their supporters. In benevolent dictatorships, there is some freedom of speech and democracy.
Leaders sometimes called benevolent dictators
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey from 1923 - 1938.
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Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia from 1953 - 1980.
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France Albert-René, President of the Seychelles from 1977 - 2004.
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Kārlis Ulmanis, Leader of Latvia from 1934 - 1940
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Lee Kuan Yew ran Singapore from 1959 to 1990.
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- ↑ Kaur, Jas. "How Fijian dictator Bainimarama finally earned his mandate". The Conversation.
- ↑ "Iraq's Power Vacuum: A Counterfactual Analysis of Saddam Hussein's Authoritarian Rule | Small Wars Journal". smallwarsjournal.com. Retrieved 2024-10-11.