What is 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 [[selfish|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== <gallery> File:Ataturk1930s.jpg|[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], [[President of Turkey]] from 1923 - 1938. File:Josip Broz Tito uniform portrait.jpg|[[Josip Broz Tito]], [[:en:List_of_heads_of_state_of_Yugoslavia|President of Yugoslavia]] from 1953 - 1980. File:France Albert-René.png|[[France-Albert René|France Albert-René]], [[List of presidents of Seychelles|President of the Seychelles]] from 1977 - 2004. File:Frank Bainimarama November 2014.jpg|[[Frank Bainimarama]], [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] from 2007 - 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marks |first1=Kathy |title=Fiji military leader admits beatings, torture |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/fiji-military-leader-admits-beatings-torture-20140620-zsg90.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |date=20 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaur |first1=Jas |title=How Fijian dictator Bainimarama finally earned his mandate |url=https://theconversation.com/how-fijian-dictator-bainimarama-finally-earned-his-mandate-31856 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref> File:Karlis Ulmanis.jpg|[[:en:Kārlis_Ulmanis|Kārlis Ulmanis]], [[President of Latvia|Leader of Latvia]] from 1934 - 1940 File:Lee Kuan Yew cropped.jpg|[[Lee Kuan Yew]] ran [[Singapore]] from 1959 to 1990. File:Saddam Hussein in 1998.png|[[Saddam Hussein]] [[President of Iraq]] from 1979-2003<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iraq’s Power Vacuum: A Counterfactual Analysis of Saddam Hussein’s Authoritarian Rule {{!}} Small Wars Journal|url=https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/iraqs-power-vacuum-counterfactual-analysis-saddam-husseins-authoritarian-rule|access-date=2024-10-11|website=smallwarsjournal.com|language=en}}</ref> </galler