Here is a comprehensive, up-to-date list of current world dictators and authoritarian regimes. We define a dictator as the ruler of a land rated “Not Free” by the Freedom House in their annual survey of freedom.

Current World Dictators

Dictator of Kosovo Russian Dictator Cuban Dictator Belarus Dictator Azeri Dictator Iraqi Dictator Dictator of Syria Dictator of Iran Turkmenistan Dictator Pakistani Dictator Dictator of Tadjikistan Dictator of Kazakhstan Dictator of Uzbekistan Chinese Dictator Dictator of Bhutan Dictator of Laos Dictator of Cambodia Dictator of Burma Dictator of Vietnam Dictator of Brunei Dictator of North Korea Dictator of Cote d'Ivoire Algerian Dictator Dictator of Guinea Dictator of Tunisia Dictator of Egypt Dictator of Libya Dictator of Chad Dictator of Cameroon Dictator of Sudan Dictator of Eritrea Dictator of Equatorial Guinea Dictator of Somalia Dictator of the Republic of Congo Dictator of Rwanda Dictator of Angola Dictator of Zimbabwe Dictator of Swaziland

Current Dictators in Africa

Partly Free Countries of North and South America and their Leaders

Map of World Freedom:

World Freedom Map

Below is a list of countries classified as NOT FREE (authoritarian regimes/dictatorships) by the Freedom House:

Algeria – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
Angola – Mr. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola
Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus
Bhutan – Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah
Cambodia – His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad
China – Hu Jintao, President of China
Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Isidore Mvouba, Prime Minister of Congo
Côte d’Ivoire – Laurent Gbagbo, President of Cote d’Ivoire
Cuba – Raul Castro, President of Cuba
Egypt – Hosny Mubarak, President of Egypt
Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President
Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea
Guinea – Lansana Conte, President of Guinea
Iran – Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad, President of Iran
Iraq – Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq
Kazakhstan – Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan
Laos – Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone, President
Libya – Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, Leader of Libya
Myanmar (Burma) – Soe Win, Prime Minister of Myanmar (Burma)
North Korea – Kim Jong-il, President of North Korea
Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman
Pakistan – Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan
Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani
Russia – Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, President of Russia
Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
Somalia – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Somalia
Sudan – Omar H.A. Al-Bashier, President of Sudan
Swaziland – Mswati III, King of Swaziland
Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan
Thailand – Surayut Chulanon, Royal Prime Minister of Thailand
Togo – Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President of Togo
Tunisia – Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia
Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Uzbekistan – Islam Abdughanievich Karimov, President of Uzbekistan
Vietnam – Nong Duc Manh, President of Vietnam
Zimbabwe – Robert (Gabriel) Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe