Also, a lot of female dictator scenarios have either a daughter or wife take over the country as a dictator succeeding their husband or father and although Hasina's father was a dictator as hell, he was murdered in a 1975 coup - and she was fairly elected in 1996, so she wasn't exactly handed power in any sense. She won it fair and square...the first time...and actually the second time (though obviously not the third or fourth time).
AHC: Get a Female Dictator into Power
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Also, a lot of female dictator scenarios have either a daughter or wife take over the country as a dictator succeeding their husband or father and although Hasina's father was a dictator as hell, he was murdered in a 1975 coup - and she was fairly elected in 1996, so she wasn't exactly handed power in any sense. She won it fair and square...the first time...and actually the second time (though obviously not the third or fourth time).
Leila Ben Ali, widow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, former President of Tunisia. Should the Tunisian revolts not have happened, and should Zine El Abidine die earlier, she would have been in a good spot to take over the country as his successor. Tunisia would have been somewhat more tolerant of having a female leader than other Arab states, though the rising discontent and anger at the government's corruption would have meant that sooner or later, her rule would have exploded into riots and revolts.
What about Empress Dowager Cixi, she ruled China during the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century and certainly qualifies as a dictator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khertek_Anchimaa-Toka
Keretek Anchimaa-Toka was the chairwoman of the Tuvan Peoples Republic from 1940-1944 - In addition to being the first non-heredity female head of state she'd also qualify for first non-hereditary female dictator.
Keretek Anchimaa-Toka was the chairwoman of the Tuvan Peoples Republic from 1940-1944 - In addition to being the first non-heredity female head of state she'd also qualify for first non-hereditary female dictator.
You could just as well say that Kalinin was the "dictator" of the USSR. (I know, Kalinin wasn't married to Stalin...)
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Wu Zetian was even more of a dictator in terms of doing dictatory things. Like having a secret police, torturing dissidents, and executing lots of people.
Agreed, Thatcher was no proto-dictator and showed no signs of becoming one.
That isn't near enough, I doubt it would occur to her and she would get no backing if it did.
It doesn't get attention because Bangladesh is a backward 3rd world country that is easily overlooked. None of the great powers are going to make the slightest change to their policies over what Bangladesh thinks.
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As others have said, Indira Gandhi was a dictator in India from 1975-1977. Of course, her extraordinary powers in that period were never intended to be anything except for temporary - to establish order and prevent (in her eyes) a possible military coup, then restore liberties and hold an election which she (wrongly) believed would be a victory assuring her continued rule. Then again, a temporary dictatorship is still a dictatorship.
Not to mention her main opponent, Khaleda Zia, is wannabe dictator in her own right.
Not to mention her main opponent, Khaleda Zia, is wannabe dictator in her own right.
Iran's communist militias have had a lot of female leaders-- get the Mojahedin-e Khalq or the Fedai Guerillas to power?
She's memorable for the same reason why she simply couldn't come to power. She was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to hateable.