28. Uganda’s Creepy Dictator
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada (circa 1925 – 2003) began his rise to power as a military officer, before seizing power in a 1971 coup. His regime was known for repression, ethnic persecutions, human rights abuses, economic mismanagement, corruption, and nepotism. But what sets him apart from other brutal and incompetent kleptocrats, and earns him a place on this list, was his sheer creepiness and bizarreness.
Amin was commander of the Ugandan army when he got wind that he was about to be arrested for theft, so he overthrew the government and declared himself president. His behavior was odd from the start, and grew increasingly more creepy, erratic, and unpredictable with time.
