The Top Ten List of…

The World’s Worst Dictators

This list and ranking was compiled by Parade magazine. For more information, visit www.parade.com.

Bashar Al-Assad

10

In power in Syria since

2000

9

Muammar Al-Qaddafi

In power in Libya since 1969

8

In power in Uzbekistan since 1989

Islam Karimov

7

Robert Mugabe

In power in Zimbabwe since 1980

Than Shwe

In power in

Burma since 1992

6

King Abdullah

In power

in Saudi Arabia since 1995 5

4

Hu Jintao

In power in China since

2002

Syyid Ali Khamenei

In power in Iran since 1989

3

Kim Jong - Il

In power in North Korea since 1994

2

Omar Al-Bashir

In power

in Sudan since 1989 1