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Today, dictator is usually understood to mean a person who controls or governs a totalitarian or authoritarian regime, and usually carries a connotation of brutality and oppression.
See also: Dictatorship, Dictatorship of the proletariat, autocrat[?], monarch, military dictatorship.
The best known of the Roman dictators of the regular type were Cincinnatus and Fabius Maximus (see Second Punic War). Julius Caesar was named dictator for a 10 year term in 46 BC and "dictator for life" in 45, both irregular appointments.
Napoleon Bonaparte of France, Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and Francisco Franco of Spain are examples of dictators whom some consider to have led largely benevolent regimes.
The problem is however that probably every dictator creates a group of people around him that can profit heavily from him being in reign. This group will of course hold that the dictator is benevolent. Even in recent times dictators have been generously supported by western states. This includes weapon deals and big loans.
Many dictators attempt to create an image for themselves as being benevolent dictators, usually by creating a personality cult.
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