YOU MUST KNOW- The Most Cruel Leaders Throughout History

Mao Tsé-Tung

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Mao Tsé-Tung (1893 -1976)
Number of victims: 77000000
Country: China

The result of Chinese leaders is execution, murder, and mass starvation due to false economic policies.

Joseph Stalin

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Joseph Stalin (1879 -1953)
Number of victims: 43,000,000
Country: USSR (Uni Soviet)

He was responsible for thousands of ethnic killings and persecution in all Soviet territories during his 25-year dictatorial rule over the former Soviet Union.

Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Number of victims: 21,000,000
Country : Germany

The Nazi leader controlled Germany between 1934 and 1945 and was the main protagonist of World War II. He created the extermination camp to kill civilians and opponents of the regime.

Kublai Khan

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Kublai Khan (1215-1294)
Number of victims: 19,000,000
Country: Mongolia

The soldiers under his command were known for extreme cruel acts against the civilian population. In addition, many deaths were caused by the wars he waged in various regions of Asia.

Queen Cixi

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Queen Cixi (1835 - 1908)
Number of victims: 12,000,000
Country: China

Her government used great brutality to suppress popular uprisings in some provinces.

Leopold II

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Leopold II (1835 - 1909)
Number of victims: 10,000,000
Country: Belgium

Studies have indicated that we will never know fully the mass murdered by soldiers who perpetrated arbitrary military aggression in Congo (formerly Belgian colonies in Africa) under the leadership of King Leopold II.

Chiang Kai-shek

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Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
Number of victims: 10,000,000
Country: Taiwan

He ruled Taiwan for almost 30 years and used methods such as torture, imprisonment without trial, and widespread killing. He also uses corruption, extortion and censorship to crack down on his opponents.

Genghis Khan

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Genghis Khan (1162-1227)
Number of newspapers: 4,000,000
Country: Mongolia

Hideki Tojo

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Hideki Tojo (1884-1948)
Number of victims: 4,000,000
Country : Japan

One of the most aggressive militarism among the group. During Japan under his command in World War II, he was responsible for mass slaughter, torture and cruelty.

Pol Pot

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Pol Pot (1925 -1998)
Number of victims: 2,000,000
Country: Cambodia

Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot led a communist government responsible for forcibly expelling many residents from the cities and sending them to 're-education camps'. The operation involved the killing of millions of people.

Ismail Enver Pasha

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Ismail Enver Pasha (1881 - 1922)
Number of victims: 1,500,000
Country: Turkey

Ismail Enver Pasha led a cruel army of the Ottoman Empire that virtually annihilated the Armenian population early in the last century