22 brutal dictators you've never heard of

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Top 10 Craziest Dictators
Top 10 Craziest Dictators

Representative government has been a luxury that relatively few people have enjoyed throughout human history.

And while the vast majority of dictators fall short of Hitler or Stalin-like levels of cruelty, history is rife with oppressors, war criminals, sadists, sociopaths, and morally complacent individuals who ended up as unelected heads of government — to the tragic detriment of the people and societies they ruled over.

Scroll through the gallery below to learn more about 22 brutal dictators that you may not of heard of:

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