Info about Famous Evil Rulers
Top 6 Evil Rulers in History
1. Adolph Hitler, commonly just referred to as Hitler, is possibly the most notable and infamous evil rulers in the world’s history. Adolph Hitler was a veteran of World War l and joined the Nazi Party in 1919, becoming the leader of the Nazi Party in 1921. During his reign, Hitler promoted German nationalism, anti-capitalism, anti-semitism, and anti-communism with additional propaganda. He became a chancellor in 1933 and soon turned the Weimar Republic into a single-party dictatorship. His evil doings led not only to the outbreak of World War ll in Europe but also thousands of lives lost during his reign as leader.
2. Vlad lll, also known as Vlad the Impaler was the Prince of Wallachia and lived from 1431 to 1476 as one of the oldest evil rulers in history. He is possibly most known for resisting against the Ottoman Empire and his cruel punishments on enemies. He is often associated with the Dracula novel written by Bram Stoker in 1897. He caused the Boyar family to be impaled in 1457 after a ten-year goal of revenge for killing his own family.
3. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, an Italian politician in the 1920’s, is one of the most evil rulers in history due mainly due to promoting of fascism. He led the National Fascist Party and used his title for evil doings after he became the Prime Minister of Italy in 1922. In 1936, his title became “His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire.”
4. Joseph Stalin, a name that continues to be recognized as one of the most evil rulers in the world’s history, was born Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin in 1978 and dies in 1953. He was the very first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Committee from 1922 until his death. One of his most vicious acts took place in the late 1930’s when he launched a campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, treachery and terrorism. This campaign was known as the Great Purge, or the Great Terror. The targets were executed or imprisoned in labor camps, or exiled.
5. One of the most evil female rulers in history was Queen Ranavalona l of Madagascar who lived from 1782 to 1861. The queen ordered nearly half of her home’s populated to be tortured and killed as an attempt to annihilate Christianity and soon gathered many names including the Modern Messalina, Bloody Mary of Madagascar, Wicked Queen Ranavalona, Female Caligula, Most Mad Queen of History, and the Mad Queen of Madagascar.
6. Leopold ll of Belgium is one of the most evil rulers in history due to being responsible directly or indirectly to millions of lives lost during his reign. He is the founder and owner of the Congo Free State, which was a project undertaken by the King. Leopold ran the Congo brutally, through mercenary force merely for his own personal gain. Through these brutal and evil doings, Leopold gained a personal fortune and the Congo ultimately became one of the most infamous scandals in history.