ديكتاتور

Also known as autocrat

thumb|upright=1.25|20th-century leaders typically described as dictators (from left to right and top to bottom): Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union; [[Adolf Hitler of Germany; Augusto Pinochet of Chile; Mao Zedong of China; Benito Mussolini of Italy; and Kim Il Sung of North Korea]] thumb|Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq, is typically described as a dictator. thumb|upright=0.9|Julius Caesar outmaneuvered his opponents in ancient Rome to install himself as dictator for life.

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A dictator is a political leader who holds absolute power over a country and rules without meaningful constraints from laws, elections, or other institutions. This matters because dictatorships typically restrict citizens' freedoms and concentrate decision-making in one person's hands, contrasting with democratic systems that distribute power among multiple branches and elected representatives.

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