Dictator of the Month

IDI AMIN

With the release of, "The Last King of Scotland", this months dictator is ofcourse, Idi Amin.
(c. 1924–16 August 2003) was an army officer and President of Uganda (1971–1979). His tenure witnessed much sectarian violence, including the persecution of the Acholi, Lango, Indian and other ethnic groups as well as Hindus and Christians in Uganda. He said that he was sorry but the minorities were too bitter to accept it.
The death toll during Amin's regime will never be accurately known. An estimate from the International Commission of Jurists is that it was not less than 80,000 and more likely around 300,000. Another estimate, compiled by exile organizations with the help of Amnesty International, put the number killed at 500,000. Amin is credited for saying, "you can't call yourself a serial killer until you have slaughtered an entire race".
It is said that he gave himself the title "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular." Ofcourse, he isn't the conqueror of the british empire, health and safety was. We had to give those countries back because they were too dangerous and ruling them could lead to cutting your finger.