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These 10 Overthrown Dictators Escaped To Exile

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2. Idi Amin (Uganda)

2. Idi Amin (Uganda)
Idi Amin fled Uganda after his regime fell, living in exile until his death in 2003.

Idi Amin’s brutal reign over Uganda ended in 1979 when Tanzanian forces invaded, prompting Amin to escape first to Libya, then Iraq, and finally settle in Saudi Arabia. Despite international outcry and accusations of human rights abuses, Saudi Arabia granted him asylum until his death in 2003. Read more in this Guardian obituary.

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