Dictators Project
World’s Ten Worst Dictators 2009
1. Robert Mugabe - Zimbabwe
2. Omar Al-Bashir - Sudan
3. Kim Jong-il- North Korea
4. Than Shwe - Myanmar
5. King Abdullah - Saudi Arabia
6. Hu Jintao - China
7. Sayyid Al Khamenei - Iran
8. Isayas Afewerki - Eritrea
9. G. Berdymuhammedov - Turkmenistan
10. Muammar al Qaddafi - Libya
Every year, Parade Magazine® ranks the worst dictators in the world. They have not yet come out with the
new 2010 list, but this list will work.
Worst Dictators in World History
Joseph Stalin – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Pol Pot – Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Benito Mussolini – Italy
Rafael Trujillo – Dominican Republic
Agosto Pinochet – Chile
Mao Zedong – People’s Republic of China
Idi Amin – Uganda
Mobutu Sese Seko – Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Adolf Hitler – Germany
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi – Iran
Nicolae Ceausescu – Romania
Francisco Franco – Spain
Slobodan Milosevic – Serbia (Yugoslavia)
Kim Il-Sung – North Korea
Ferdinand Marcos – Philippines
Francois Duvalier – Haiti
Saddam Hussein – Iraq
Jean Bedel Bokassa – Central African Republic
Ivan the Terrible – Russia
Tamerlane – Central Asia
Jiang Qing – People’s Republic of China
This is a two part project:
Part 1:
Choose a current dictator. Create a wanted poster for this dictator with a picture of the dictator, a map of the
country he controls, current information about the dictator and any slogans that are used by his regime. Can
use found pictures, or can be hand-drawn (see example).
Part 2:
Choose one of the dictators from history. Write a two page, typed, double-spaced, informative paper on this
dictator. Include background, how he came to power, any atrocities associated with the dictator and fall from
power or end of the regime. Must include an additional page of sources in approved MLA format.