# Dictator of the Month

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 27, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410 "2008-06-27T08:08:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/1 "2008-06-27T08:08:17Z")

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See [here](http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/English/English_welcome.htm). There are plenty to go around, but I don’t see any listed since last August.

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/2 "2008-06-27T12:45:35Z")

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A most cool site!

But Turkmenbashi has to be the coolest (in that wicked weird sense)

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/3 "2008-06-27T17:20:06Z")

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I can only assume it ended last August because the last dictator in the world has stepped down.

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/4 "2008-06-27T22:23:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]  
There are plenty to go around, but I don’t see any listed since last August.  
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You mean Pinochet?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/5 "2008-06-28T01:22:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Ale]  
You mean Pinochet?  
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Looks like Pinochet was used for May 2004.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/6 "2008-06-28T02:01:54Z")

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Since dictators can be used after death, I’d have to argue that the Big 3 – Hitler, Stalin, and Mao – are underrepresented. They are each easily worth more than 3 of any of the others.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/7 "2008-06-28T02:11:03Z")

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Maybe agents of one of the featured dictators took care of the webmaster for that site.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictator-of-the-month/454410/8 "2008-06-28T10:23:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Ale]  
You mean Pinochet?  
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D’oh! :smack: I just got it. August(o). Pinochet.

Put me in the clueless-people thread. ☹