Strongman (politics)

A strongman is a political leader who rules by force and runs an authoritarian regime. Authoritarianism describes a Form of government characterized by an emphasis on the Authority of the State in a republic or union The term is often used interchangeably with "dictator," but differs from a "warlord"

A strongman is not necessarily always a formal Head of State, however. A dictator is an Authoritarian ruler (eg Absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power without hereditary ascension such as an Absolute A warlord is a person with power who has military control over a subnational area due to Armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state Sometimes the term is used to describe a military or political figure who exercises far more influence over the government than is constitutionally allowed. General Manuel Noriega, for example, was often dubbed the "Strongman of Panama" for the enormous amount of political power he exercised over Panama, despite the fact that he was not the formal president of the state. Manuel Antonio Noriega (born February 11, 1934) He was never officially the President of Panama, but held the post of "chief executive officer" Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. The same can be said for General Rahimuddin Khan, often termed as the "Strongman of Balochistan", whose post as Martial law administrator was junior to that of then head of state, Zia-ul-Haq, but still phenomenally powerful. General Rahimuddin Khan ( رحیم الدین خان; born 21 July, 1926) was the Governor of Balochistan, the largest Province Balochistan, or Baluchistan, Pashto, ( Balochi, Hazara, Brahui, Sindhi, Urdu: بلوچستان Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ( Arabic: محمد ضياء الحق) (b

Political figures referred to as "strongman"

Fidel Castro^[1]
Hugo Chavez^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Muammar al-Gaddafi^[6]
Saddam Hussein^[7]
Kim Jong Il^[8]
Göran Johansson^[9]
Paul Kagame^[10]
Ferdinand Marcos^[11]
Slobodan Milosevic^[12]
Mahathir Muhammad^[13]^[14]
Pervez Musharraf^[15]
Manuel Noriega^[16]
Augusto Pinochet^[17]
Syngman Rhee^[18]
Mobutu Sese Seko^[19]
Hun Sen^[20]
Joseph Stalin^[21]
Lee Kuan Yew^[22]
Vladimir Putin (expected to retain large authority de facto even after his resignation as president on May 9, 2008). Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi 1 (معمر القذافي) (born 7 June 1942) also known as Colonel Gaddafi Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born 16 February 1941 Vyatskoye, Soviet Union; official biographies state 16 February 1942 Baekdu Göran Johansson (born August 31, 1945, in Gothenburg) is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) came to prominence as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF whose invasion of Rwanda is often cited as the Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos ( September 11, 1917 &ndash September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (ma'ħɑðiɽ bin mʊħɑmmæd̚ (recorded as born on 20 December 1925 was the fourth Prime Minister of General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of Manuel Antonio Noriega (born February 11, 1934) He was never officially the President of Panama, but held the post of "chief executive officer" Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November Syngman Rhee or Yi Seungman ( March 26, 1875 – July 19, 1965) was the first president of South Korea. Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga ( October 14, 1930 September 7, 1997) known commonly as Mobutu, or Mobutu Hun Sen (ហ៊ុន សែន (born April 4 1951 or August 5 1952) is the Prime Minister of Cambodia. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH ( born September 16 1923 also spelled Lee Kwan-Yew) is a Singaporean of Chinese immigrant background Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Caesar Augustus - one of the most known strongmen of history. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Retained vast powers during a reign of over 40 years (later labeled to as emperor), though he held various positions such as consul, censor and tribune. An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire Tribune (from the Latin: tribunus; Byzantine Greek form τριβούνος) was a title shared by 2–3 elected magistracies in the

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