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POLPOT OF COMBODIA
Pol pot
Born in 1925 in cetral
combodia Real name: Saloth Sar Traveled to paris in 1949 Got absorbed in marxism In 1953 returned to combodia
underground communist movement Combodia received full independence from France in 1954 The beginning of prince nordom shianouks rule
cambodian communist party Formed armed resistance movement as KHMER ROUGE (Red Combodians) In 1970 prince Sihanouk was ousted Joined hands with Pol Pot US invaded combodia to drive out north vietnamese from their military camps
US INVASION
1969-1973 US
bombed north vietnamese sancturies Peasants fled and got settled in the capital city Phnom Penh This resulted in economic and military destabilization in combodia
its troop from Vietnam Pol Pots Khmer rouge army marched in Phnom Pehn on April 17 Pol Pot inspired by Mao Zedongs cultural revolution
Khmer Slogan:
Keeping new people is no benefit, losing them is no loss.
They closed most institutions (schools, banks, government buildings, churches) and vowed to provided for their needs in the countryside. They required absolute obedience from all Cambodians.
What type of person was the most threatening to the Khmer Rouges power?
On December 25, 1978, Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion Country remained communist for some time but not in such extreme conditions. Pol Pot fled into the jungle. Pol Pot denied that he had ever done anything wrong.
Pol Pot's death in April 1998 heralded the end of the brutal career of a man responsible for overseeing one of the worst genocides of the 20th century.
IDI AMIN
He is known to have admired the German dictator Adolf Hitler and is quoted as saying that Hitler "was right to burn six million Jews." It is also said that he planned to have a statue of Hitler constructed in Kampala.
Amin's rule was characterized by gross human rights abuse, political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement.
Koboko, near Arua in the northwest corner of Uganda 1946 - He joins the King's African Rifles as an assistant cook 1959 - He is made a warrant officer with the rank of 'effendi' 1961 - He rises to the rank of lieutenant,
'Turkana Massacre'
1962 - operation to suppress cattle stealing by
tribesmen spilling into the north of Uganda from the neighbouring Turkana region of Kenya. Investigations by the British authorities in Kenya reveal that the victims of the massacre had been tortured, beaten to death and, in some cases, buried alive.
1966 - Amin was subsequently promoted to major-general and appointed chief of the army and air force.
1972
Now determined to make Uganda "a black man's
country
1975 - He staged a publicity stunt for the world media, forcing white residents of Kampala to carry him on a throne then kneel before him and recite an oath of loyalty.
1976
AMIN BECOMES PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL WHEN PRO -PALESTINIAN GUERRILLAS HIJACK AN AIR FRANCE PASSENGER JET CARRYING 105 ISRAELIS AND JEWS ON 27 JUNE AND ORDER IT FLY TO ENTEBBE IN UGANDA
1977
In January Amin accuses the Anglican archbishop of Uganda of conspiring in an invasion plot. The next day the archbishop and two Cabinet ministers are murdered.
1978
Amin launches an attack on Tanzania, a neighbouring country to the south, at the end of October.
1979
Amin flees to Libya, taking his four wives, several of his 30 mistresses and about 20 of his children He flees to jeddah in saudi arabia
1980
Milton Obote returns to power in Uganda following a general election. Obote is once again ousted in July 1985.
1989
Amin attempts to return to Uganda to reclaim power but is identified at Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and forced to return to Saudi Arabia.
1999
Amin gives an interview to an Ugandan newspaper, saying very happy now, much happier now then when I was president.
2001
It is reported that Amin wishes to return to Uganda. He continues to be popular in his home province and begins to fund the rebuilding of family properties destroyed by the Tanzanian troops who expelled him in 1979
2002
Uganda officially celebrates Amin's downfall for the first time.
2003
Amin dies in hospital of complications due to multiple organ failure at 8:20 a.m. on 16 August. He is buried in Jeddah's Ruwais cemetery during a small funeral ceremony just hours after his death.
Feeding the corpses of his victims to crocodiles, of keeping severed heads in a freezer at his home and bringing them out on occasions for "talks" - most or all of which are unsubstantiated, but not necessarily untrue. He planned to have a statue of Hitler constructed in Kampala. Amin's rule was characterized by gross human rights abuse
. He was a product of multiculturalism, African-style, and able to use relatively advanced methods to achieve brutal, primitive ends. Like every African dictator, he was confusion's masterpiece
conclusion
The personality of an autocratic leaders can be described as:
the group, people in the group may dislike that they are unable to contribute the ideas If the situation is going wrong side then it feel depressed Researches have also found that autocratic leadership lead to a lack of creative solution to solve any problem If autocratic leader have less knowledge then group performance is very low