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: ''For a list of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] dictators, see [[Roman dictator#Roman dictators|Roman dictator]].''
: ''See also the [[#See also|related lists]] at the end of this article.''
: ''See also the [[#See also|related lists]] at the end of this article.''
|align=center|[[Michael Sata]] ||align=center| [[Zambia]] ||align=center| '''2011–present''' || <small>Elected President of Zambia. Sata shut down the opposition and maintains relationships with [[Robert Mugabe]].</small>
|align=center|[[Michael Sata]] ||align=center| [[Zambia]] ||align=center| '''2011–present''' || <small>Elected President of Zambia. Sata shut down the opposition and maintains relationships with [[Robert Mugabe]].</small>
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|align=center|[[Mohamed Morsi]] ||align=center| [[Egypt]] ||align=center| 2012–2013 || <small>Supported by the Muslim Brotherhood. Described Jews as "apes and pigs". Massively expanded his presidential authority upon being elected, giving himself unlimited powers.</small>
|align=center|[[Mohamed Morsi]] ||align=center| [[Egypt]] ||align=center| '''2012–present''' || <small>Supported by the Muslim Brotherhood. Described Jews as "apes and pigs". Massively expanded his presidential authority upon being elected, giving himself unlimited powers.</small>
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| align=center|[[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] || align=center|[[Colombia]] || align=center|1953–1957 || <small>President of Colombia. Gained power in a coup.</small>
| align=center|[[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] || align=center|[[Colombia]] || align=center|1953–1957 || <small>President of Colombia. Gained power in a coup.</small>
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| align=center|[[Alfredo Stroessner]] || align=center|[[Paraguay]] || align=center|1954–1989 ||<small> President of Paraguay. He took over in a military coup (see[http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19890301faessay5951/riordan-roett/paraguay-after-stroessner.html], [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&safe=active&q=cache:vqkaVDmcvaIJ:www.columbia.edu/cu/polisci/pdf-files/apsa_krutz.pdf+Stroessner+dictator],[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&safe=active&q=cache:qfMgvA6bakgJ:users.ox.ac.uk/~newc1465/Proudman%2520-%2520SoftPowerMeetsHard.pdf+Stroessner+dictator]). </small>
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| align=center|[[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco|Humberto Castelo Branco]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1964–1967 || <small>President of Brazil. Gained power in a coup; abolished most opposition; subsequently appointed by congress.</small>
| align=center|[[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco|Humberto Castelo Branco]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1964–1967 || <small>President of Brazil. Gained power in a coup; abolished most opposition; subsequently appointed by congress.</small>
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| align=center|[[Juan María Bordaberry]] || align=center|[[Uruguay]] || align=center|1972–1976 || <small>President of Uruguay 1972 - 1976. Elected, but installed a military government, dissolved Congress, suspended civil liberties and banned unions.</small>
| align=center|[[Juan María Bordaberry]] || align=center|[[Uruguay]] || align=center|1972–1976 || <small>President of Uruguay 1972 - 1976. Elected, but installed a military government, dissolved Congress, suspended civil liberties and banned unions.</small>
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| align=center|[[Augusto Pinochet]] || align=center|[[Chile]] || align=center|1973–1990 || <small>Chairman of military junta 1973-1974; Supreme Head of the Nation 1974; President of Chile 1974 - 1990. Gained power in a coup; suppressed and exiled opposition; over 3000 "[[Forced disappearance|disappearances]]" and 28,000 tortured.</small>
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| align=center|[[Ernesto Geisel]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1974-1979 || <small>Congress-appointed President of Brazil. The fourth of the military dictators; party and union freedom were still inexistent during his term; had oppositionists like journalist [[Wladimir Herzog]] and factory worker [[Manoel Fiel Filho]] tortured and murdered.</small>
| align=center|[[Ernesto Geisel]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1974-1979 || <small>Congress-appointed President of Brazil. The fourth of the military dictators; party and union freedom were still inexistent during his term; had oppositionists like journalist [[Wladimir Herzog]] and factory worker [[Manoel Fiel Filho]] tortured and murdered.</small>