Current World Dictators Here is a comprehensive, up-to-date list of the current world dictators and authoritarian regimes. In 2022 there are 57 dictatorships in the world. We define a dictator as the ruler of a land rated “Not Free” by the Freedom House in their annual survey of freedom. See the interactive map and photos below or click to visit the current dictators category.
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NOT FREE Countries In 2022: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Guinea Haiti Iran – Ali Khamenei, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran Iraq – Barham Salih, President of Iraq Jordan Kazakhstan – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Acting President of Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Mali Myanmar – Win Myint, President Nicaragua – Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, President of Sudan Swaziland (Eswatini) – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan Uganda – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam Western Sahara – Brahim Ghali, President of Western Sahara Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen Zimbabwe NOT FREE Countries In 2021: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Iran – Ali Khamenei, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran Iraq – Barham Salih, President of Iraq Jordan Kazakhstan – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Acting President of Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016) Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Mali Myanmar – Win Myint, President Nicaragua – Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, President of Sudan Swaziland (Eswatini) – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan Uganda – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam Western Sahara – Brahim Ghali, President of Western Sahara Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen Zimbabwe NOT FREE Countries In 2020: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola (since Sept 26, 2017; replaced Jose Eduardo dos Santos) Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh – Moved from Partly Free to Not Free Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Iran – Ali Khamenei, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran Iraq – Barham Salih, President of Iraq Kazakhstan – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Acting President of Kazakhstan Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016) Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Myanmar – Win Myint, President – Moved from Partly Free to Not Free Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania Moved to Partly FreeNicaragua – Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, President of Sudan Swaziland (Eswatini) – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Moved to Partly FreeTurkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan Uganda – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam Western Sahara – Brahim Ghali, President of Western Sahara Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen NOT FREE Countries In 2019: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelkader Bensalah, Acting President of Algeria Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola (since Sept 26, 2017; replaced Jose Eduardo dos Santos) Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Iran – Ali Khamenei, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran Iraq – Barham Salih, President of Iraq Kazakhstan – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Acting President of Kazakhstan Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016) Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania Nicaragua – Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua – ADDED North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, President of Sudan Swaziland – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan Uganda – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda – ADDED United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam Western Sahara – Brahim Ghali, President of Western Sahara Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen Zimbabwe – Robert (Gabriel) Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe NOT FREE Countries In 2018: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola (since Sept 26, 2017; replaced Jose Eduardo dos Santos) Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Gambia – Adama Barrow, President of Gambia Iran – Hassan Rouhan, President of Iran Iraq – Barham Salih, President of Iraq Kazakhstan – Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016) Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Omar H.A. Al-Bashier, President of Sudan Swaziland – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey – ADDED Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam Western Sahara – Brahim Ghali, President of Western Sahara – ADDED Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen Zimbabwe – Robert (Gabriel) Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe NOT FREE (authoritarian regimes/dictatorships) Countries In 2017: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola (since Sept 26, 2017; replaced Jose Eduardo dos Santos) Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Raul Castro, President of Cuba Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Girme Wolde Giorgis, President of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Gambia – Adama Barrow, President of Gambia Iran – Hassan Rouhan, President of Iran Iraq – Muhammad Fuad Masum, President of Iraq Kazakhstan – Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016) Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Omar H.A. Al-Bashier, President of Sudan Swaziland – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela – ADDED Vietnam – Tran Dai Quang, President of Vietnam Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen Zimbabwe – Robert (Gabriel) Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe NOT FREE (authoritarian regimes/dictatorships) Countries In 2016: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria Angola – Mr. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera – ADDED Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Raul Castro, President of Cuba Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Girme Wolde Giorgis, President of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Gambia – Adama Barrow, President of Gambia Iran – Hassan Rouhan, President of Iran Iraq – Muhammad Fuad Masum, President of Iraq Jordan – King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of Jordan Kazakhstan – Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016) Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania Myanmar (Burma) – Htin Kyaw, President of Myanmar – ADDED North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Omar H.A. Al-Bashier, President of Sudan Swaziland – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan Vietnam – Tran Dai Quang, President of Vietnam – ADDED Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen Zimbabwe – Robert (Gabriel) Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe NOT FREE (authoritarian regimes/dictatorships) Countries In 2015: Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan Algeria – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria Angola – Mr. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon Central African Republic – Catherine Samba-Panza, President Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad China – Xi Jinping, President of China Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Cuba – Raul Castro, President of Cuba Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea Ethiopia – Girme Wolde Giorgis, President of Ethiopia Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon Gambia – Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, President of Gambia Iran – Hassan Rouhan, President of Iran Iraq – Muhammad Fuad Masum, President of Iraq Jordan – King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of Jordan Kazakhstan – Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan Laos – Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone, President Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania Myanmar (Burma) – Thein Sein, President of Myanmar North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President Sudan – Omar H.A. Al-Bashier, President of Sudan Swaziland – Mswati III, King of Swaziland Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Uzbekistan – Islam Abdughanievich Karimov, President of Uzbekistan Vietnam – Truong Tan Sang, President of Vietnam Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen Zimbabwe – Robert (Gabriel) Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
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Where's Thailand?
Tom, Thailand is considered a partly free country and not a dictatorship as of 2014. Do you have a different opinion?
Thailand is ruled by a military junta which has enacted martial law which restricts speech and press. There has been no date given for an election. How is that considered "partly free?"
Jay, I believe this data will be updated for 2015 by the Freedom House, and we will update it accordingly on the site. Thank you for your information!
lol I am living in los angeles but I'm from turkey and you guys saying America free Turkey is partialy free I think you don't even know any things about Turkey
I'll trust the experts over someone like you who can't even construct a sentence correctly.
Really? Obama's not on this list?
No but Bush should be
The picture for the president of Mauritania is wrong!! That's actually Mohammed VI the king of Morocco!!
Thank you very much for catching this. We have updated the picture.
I agree China and is not free, but how are the "dictator"? Chinese leader can be brought down by the party anytime the party deems fit. The leader needs to work for the best interest for the party, kinda like CEO working for the board of directors if you will. Also, Russia hold elections regularly, even though we both know what Putin is doing, but labeling Russia "dictatorship" is like calling USA democracy (which is a Republic instead.)
As for China, I agree. I doubt it must be in this list. But Russia.....I lived in Russia (I've relocated a year ago) and I can say that despite there are elections here, people can't vote how they want to. Just one little example: I was a seller in a shoes shop and if I would just say to my boss that I hate Putin (and I really did and do), I would be fired. People are afraid to say aloud what they really think. My country being under the authority of Putin is coming back to The Soviet Union faster than anyone expected that. Most part of people don't even go to elections because they believe that the elections are fake. And they often really are.
These are pitiful achievements. The horrendous amount of money the free part of the World ANNUALLY send to in aid only facilitate to keep these dictators in power. That is no good we Since our politicians are the facilitators we have serious problems with them too.
Why Venezuela was not included on the list? Nicolas Maduro is a dictator!
Thank you for your comment! According to Freedom House, Venezuela is not a dictatorship - https://freedomhouse.org/country/venezuela
I don't think Venezuela has changed since Hugo Chavez....so I think freedomhouse is wrong... 'partly free'? what? come one...
maduro lost elections and now everything was clear, right? when chavez won, everything was unclear, how's that possible?
According to some nitwits that haven't done their homework, indeed!
If they had the guts to send someone with well-placed eyed and ears, a few hours of tasting today's Venezuela would convince them that this country CEASED to be a Democracy long ago!!! Maduro is not only a Dictator, but a liar, an impostor, a thief, and a criminal puppet of the Castro brothers, posing as a "democratically elected" president.
most muslim comuntries are in dictorship ! ..thats too bad .,
they are teocracy, being accurate.
Kim Jong Eun is not president. Kim Il Sung retained the title.
Iran is not a dictatorship like Britain it has a figure head leader and an elected government