Benevolent dictatorship

A benevolent dictatorship is a government that has a leader considered by some as a dictator but has the support of the people, unlike a malevolent dictator who only focuses on them selves, their government and their supporters. In benevolent dictatorships, there is some freedom of speech and democracy.

Leaders sometimes called benevolent dictators

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey from 1923 - 1938.
Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia from 1953 - 1980.
Lee Kuan Kew, Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 - 1990.
France Albert-René, President of the Seychelles from 1977 - 2004.
Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji since 2007.[1][2]
Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010.[3]

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References

Marks, Kathy (20 June 2014). "Fiji military leader admits beatings, torture". The Sydney Morning Herald.
Kaur, Jas. "How Fijian dictator Bainimarama finally earned his mandate". The Conversation.
"Hungary: The First Dictatorship in the EU?". VOA.

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[1] Marks, Kathy (20 June 2014). "Fiji military leader admits beatings, torture". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[2] Kaur, Jas. "How Fijian dictator Bainimarama finally earned his mandate". The Conversation.

[3] "Hungary: The First Dictatorship in the EU?". VOA.