potentate

1. A ruler who is unconstrained by law (synset 110031556)
   is a type of: ruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands
   subtypes:

   • shogun - a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
   • strongman - a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence
   • autocrat, despot, tyrant - a cruel and oppressive dictator
   specific instances:

   • duvalier, francois duvalier, papa doc - oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971)
   • baby doc, duvalier, jean-claude duvalier - son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)
   • el caudillo, francisco franco, franco, general franco - Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
   • adolf hitler, der fuhrer, hitler - German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
   • benito mussolini, il duce, mussolini - Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
   • tojo, tojo eiki, tojo hideki - Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948)
   same as: dictator

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