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Line 276: − |- − | align=center| [[Fulgencio Batista]] || align=center| [[Cuba]] || align=center| 1952-1959 || <small>President of Cuba 1940-1944; 1952-1959. Gained power the second time in a coup; suppressed opposition violently. Use of torture and collective punishment. Mafia ties.</small> Line 384:
Line 382: − |- − | align=center|[[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Ðình Diệm]] || align=center|[[South Vietnam]] || align=center|1955–1963 || <small>Unelected; autocratic; oppressed Buddhists (see[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9055646?tocId=9055646&ref=news0905arc]).</small>
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| align=center|[[Paul Magloire]] || align=center|[[Haiti]] || align=center|1950-1956 || <small>President of Haiti. Gained power in a coup; never elected.</small>
| align=center|[[Paul Magloire]] || align=center|[[Haiti]] || align=center|1950-1956 || <small>President of Haiti. Gained power in a coup; never elected.</small>
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| align=center|[[François Duvalier]] || align=center|[[Haiti]] || align=center|1957-1971 ||<small> President of Haiti. Elected in 1957, but banned opposition; declared himself [[President for Life]] in 1964; highly repressive.</small>
| align=center|[[François Duvalier]] || align=center|[[Haiti]] || align=center|1957-1971 ||<small> President of Haiti. Elected in 1957, but banned opposition; declared himself [[President for Life]] in 1964; highly repressive.</small>
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|align=center|[[Mao Zedong]] || align=center|[[People's Republic of China]] || align=center|1949–1976 || <small>Chairman of the PRC (1949 – 1959), Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China]] (1945 – 1976), Chairman of the [[Central Military Commission]] (1936 – 1976). Immense cult of personality; purged members of government; silenced opposition. Circumvented Communist Party hierarchy after the 1966 [[Cultural Revolution]]; imprisoned head of state [[Liu Shaoqi]]. Millions of Chinese citizens killed or murdered as a result of his policies and repression.</small>
|align=center|[[Mao Zedong]] || align=center|[[People's Republic of China]] || align=center|1949–1976 || <small>Chairman of the PRC (1949 – 1959), Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China]] (1945 – 1976), Chairman of the [[Central Military Commission]] (1936 – 1976). Immense cult of personality; purged members of government; silenced opposition. Circumvented Communist Party hierarchy after the 1966 [[Cultural Revolution]]; imprisoned head of state [[Liu Shaoqi]]. Millions of Chinese citizens killed or murdered as a result of his policies and repression.</small>
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| align=center|[[Park Chung Hee]] || align=center|[[South Korea]] || align=center|1961–1979 || <small>Took power in 1961 coup. Although initially welcomed by much of the population, he suspended the constitution in 1971 and introduced a new constitution that greatly increased his power.</small>
| align=center|[[Park Chung Hee]] || align=center|[[South Korea]] || align=center|1961–1979 || <small>Took power in 1961 coup. Although initially welcomed by much of the population, he suspended the constitution in 1971 and introduced a new constitution that greatly increased his power.</small>