I need an example of a dictatorship past or present?

Question

I need an example of a dictatorship past or present?

Answer 1

Hitler was considered a dictatorship as was Sadam Hussain would be one also. i believe Fidel Castro would also fall under a dictatorship category

Answer 2

There is one, not so well known by many !

In Greece in 1967 through 1974, called the Colonels's regime. Head of it was a Colonel,

named George PAPADOPOULOS. In Greece this coup d'Etat got the name of Junta.

(pronounce it :Hoonta).

    Ciao........John-John.

Answer 3

Past - Hitler (n**i Germany), Stalin (Russian-Communist Russia)

Present - Fidel Castro (Russian communism-Cuba), Chinese government (Russian communism-China)

Answer 4

Hitler

Answer 5

A dictatorship is a autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a dictator. It has two possible meanings:

Roman dictator was a political office of the Roman Republic. Roman dictators were allocated absolute power during times of emergency. Their power was neither arbitrary or unaccountable, however, being subject to law and requiring retrospective justification. There were no such dictatorships after the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, and later dictators such as Sulla and the Roman Emperors exercised power much more personally and arbitrarily.

In contemporary usage, dictatorship refers to an autocratic form of absolute rule by leadership unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state.

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1 Interwar era

2 Postwar era

3 See also

4 Further reading



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Interwar era

In the twentieth century dictatorship has been an essential pillar of single-party states, military regimes, and other authoritarian regimes.

In the era between the First World War and the Second World War, fascist regimes, such as Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany, incorporated principles of dictatorship with a single-party state, mass mobilization and regimentation of social and economic activity, and arbitrary exercise of police terror by the regime. After 1922, Mussolini fashioned the prototype of the fascist dictatorship in Italy and was emulated in the 1930s by Adolf Hitler in Germany. Fascist dictatorships were dealt a destructive blow by the defeat of the Axis Powers in World War II.

Also during the interwar era, the Soviet Union fused single-party rule, mass mobilization, and police terror with dictatorship under Joseph Stalin which would expand to other far-left regimes in Asia.

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Postwar era

In the postwar era dictatorship became a frequent feature of military government, especially in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. In the case of many African or Asian former colonies, after achieving their independence in the postwar wave of decolonization, presidential regimes were gradually transformed into personal dictatorships. These regimes often proved unstable, with the personalization of power in the hands of the dictator and his associates making the political system uncertain by posing problems of succession.

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See also

Absolute monarchy

Totalitarianism

Plutocracy

Kleptocracy

Generalissimo

Maximum Leader

Military rule

Military dictatorship

Police state

Elective dictatorship

Dictator

List of dictators

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Further reading

Friedrich, Carl J. and Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy, Praeger, 2nd ed., 1965.

Forms of Government and Methods of Rule: Autocratic and Authoritarian Autocratic: Despotism | Dictatorship | Tyranny | Absolute monarchy (Caliphate | Despotate | Emirate | Empire | Imamate | Khanate | Sultanate | Other monarchical titles | Enlightened absolutism

  Other Authoritarian (collective): Military dictatorship (often a Junta) | Oligarchy | Single-party state (Communist state | Fascist(oid) states (e.g. Nazism)) | de facto: Illiberal democracy





Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorsh...

Categories: Roman law | Forms of government

hope this helps

Answer 6

Hitler of Germany durning World War 2, Mussolini of Italy durning World War 2, Stalin of Russia durning World war2, then there was one of Czechoslovakia in the 1980's, but i cant remember his name.

Answer 7

The most famous would be n**i Germany under Hitler. The Soviet Union under  Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev or Brezhnev. Cuba under Castro Spain under Franco. the list is endless.

Answer 8

Ferdinand Edralin Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years. He was a brilliant leader, although his legacy was tainted by charges of graft and corruption. He was said to have amassed billions of dollars in government funds for his and his family's personal use, until he was ousted in February 1986 after a bloodless coup d'etat, called the "Edsa Revolution". This made the term "People Power" famous around the world.

Answer 9

Hint..THINK CUBA...Get back to me if it doesnt come to you...

Answer 10

Fidel Castro, Cuba

Answer 11

Gnassingbe Eyadema from TOGO(West Africa)

He ruled for about 37 years.He died in February '05(from"heart attack'').Now his son took over.TOGO is the first country in Africa to experience a COOP D'ETAT may be even in world.

TOGO is one of the smallest country in AFRICA;It's between GHANA(in the west side) and BENIN (in the East side) and then NIGERIA.Another example is MOMBUTU SESSE SEKO of ZAIR(old nme of the country)he died few years ago.I just don't know how many exactely.Good luck

Answer 12

PAST: Benito Mussolini - Italy

            Envher Hoxha - Albania

            Josip Broz "Tito" - Yugoslavia

PRESENT: Kim Jong-Il - North Korea

                    Moammar Khadafi - Libya