Hitler takes the title for most deranged dictator, but these guys are fine examples of the craziest dictators the world has seen.
Source : The Mirror
pick the seven craziest potentate in history is , unfortunately , quite the undertaking . There are so many of them to choose from , and the atrocities they committed should have had them institutionalise to a psych cellblock .
How can one compare Adolf Hitler ’s extermination of more than six million hoi polloi to another tyrant ’s conclusion to name a country ’s majuscule drome and street after himself as well as changing the gens of the months , including one for his female parent ?
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Craziest Dictators: No Bones About It
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Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan is often summons as one of the world ’s most deranged dictators . Among his actions after name himself Turkmenbashi ( Leader of All Ethnic Turkmen ) and adjudge himself president of Turkmenistan for life-time after the Soviet Union fall aside in 1991 , Niyazov set out to create a new image for his commonwealth of five million by quite literally making it in his own image .
Giving Narcissus a rill for his money , Niyazov key out landmark , streets and other public entities after himself — Turkembashi . He also change the name for the calendar month of April and his res publica ’s word for ‘ bread ” to “ Gurbansoltan edzhe ” , in pureness of his own staple , his mother .
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From that peak until his death in December 2006 , Niyazov harness with an iron fist , passing a series of bizarre laws onto his hapless public : The Turkmenbashi ’s face was legally required to appear on every clock , keep an eye on and the leader ’s own firebrand of vodka .
The country ’s youth were encouraged to chew on off-white to carry on their dentition instead of seeking dental intervention . Rural library were closed to deter reading . It was forbidden for immature men to grow long hair and beards .
Plus , car radios , sass synchronise and tape music were prohibited , among other tabu action and items . peradventure the most fitting token name in his honor ? A meteorite . When a 670 - pound meteorite landed in Turkmenistan in 1998 , scientists named the blockheaded , destructive deal Turkmenbashi .
