Toughest tyrant - Paul Kagame is the survivor!

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Who should survive in a race between the worlds dictators and absolute monarchs?

(Yeah I know this is identical to Kals current dictators, but that has been dead for two months now, so Ill give it a go)

Algeria: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1999-) (eliminated in round 14)
Angola: President José Eduardo dos Santos (1979-) (eliminated in round 20)
Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev (2003-) (eliminated in round 14)
Bahrain: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1999-) (eliminated in round 12)
Belarus: President Alexander Lukashenko (1994-) (eliminated in round
Brunei: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (1967-) (eliminated in round 1)
Burkina Faso: President Blaise Compaoré (1987-) (eliminated in round 17)
Burma: President Thein Sein (2011-) (eliminated in round 12)
Cameroon: President Paul Biya (1975-) (eliminated in round 6)
Chad: President Idriss Déby (1990-) (eliminated in round 13)
People's Republic of China: President Hu Jintao (2002-)  (eliminated in round 10)
Democratic Republic of Congo: President Joseph Kabila (2001-)  (eliminated in round 16)
Cuba: President Raúl Castro (2006-) (eliminated in round 2)
Egypt: Chairman Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (2011-)  (eliminated in round 7)
Equatorial Guinea: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1979-) (eliminated in round 5)
Eritrea: President Isaias Afewerki (1991-)  (eliminated in round 17)
Gabon: President Ali Bongo Ondimba (2009-)  (eliminated in round 7)
Gambia: President Yahya Jammeh (1994-)  (eliminated in round 10)
Guinea-Bissau: Chairman Mamadu Ture Kuruma (2011-) (eliminated in round 12)
Iran: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (1989-)(eliminated in round 3)
Kazakhstan: President Nursultan Nazarbayev (1990-) (eliminated in round 17)
Laos: President Choummaly Sayasone (2006-) (eliminated in round 11)
Madagascar: President of the High Transitional Authority Andry Rajoelina (2009-) (eliminated in round 9)
North Korea: Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un (2011-) (eliminated in round 3)
Oman: Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said (1970-) (eliminated in round 4)
Qatar: Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1995-)  (eliminated in round 10)
Russia: President Vladimir Putin (2000-) (eliminated in round
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame (2000-)
Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud (1995-) (eliminated in round 4)
South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Mayardit (2005-) (eliminated in round 15)
Sudan: President Omar al-Bashir (1989-) (eliminated in the semifinal)
Swaziland: King Mswati III (1986-) (eliminated in round 9)
Syria: President Bashar al-Assad (2000-) (eliminated in round 3)
Tajikistan: President Emomalii Rahmon (1992-)  (eliminated in round 19)
Togo: President Faure Gnassingbé (2005-)  (eliminated in round 10)
Turkmenistan: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (2006-)  (eliminated in round 10)
Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni (1986-) (eliminated in the semifinal)
Uzbekistan: President Islam Karimov (1990-)  (eliminated in round 18)
Vietnam: General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (2011-) (eliminated in round
Zimbabwe: President Robert Mugabe (1980-) (eliminated in round 1)

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Round 1:

Eliminate one monarch, one African ruler and one Asian.

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Sultan Bolkiah
Robert Mugabe
Islam Karimov

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Result of round 1

King Abdullah 1
Robert Mugabe 2
Ali Khamenei 1
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 3
President Salva Kiir Mayardit 1
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong 1  
Islam Karimov 1
Mswati III 1
Obiang Nguema 1

One Asian/monarch (Sultan Bolkiah) and one African leader (Mugabe) eliminated.

Round 2

Eliminate one tyrant from the Americas or Europe

My vote: President Alexander Lukashenko

 

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Raul is too interesting for me to join the bandwagon.
By thinking about Cuba, I've thought about Venezuela and, hence, to this question: why Putin is on the list and not Chavez ?
After all, they are both authoritarian guys who submit to "elections".

Anyway, as I can't vote for Chavez
my vote goes to the one who bores me even more than Lukashenka:

Putin

1. Chavez accepts that the opposition controls the vast majority of the Venezuelan media. Putins doesnt accept a free press.

2. The elections in Venezuela are fairly free according to neutral observers.

Chavez is many things, but not a tyrant. Certainly not comparable to Putin. The opposition is actually quite strong (and often rather violent) in Venezuela.

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Raul Castro is eliminated

Round 3

Eliminate three tyrants by voting 3-2-1.

Idriss Deby 3
Isaias Afewerki 2
Ali Bongo Ondimba 1

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6 Assad
6 Kim Jong-un
1 Lukashenko
2 Isaias Afewerki
4 Ali Khamenei
2 Omar al-Bashir
3 Jintao
3 Mswati III
2 Déby
1 Bongo
3 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong
2 President Salva Kiir Mayardit
1 President of the High Transitional Authority Andry Rajoelina 

Kim Young-One, Bashir "should have sticked to eye surgery" al Assad and the awfull ayatollah are all out.

Round 4:

Time to retire round. Eliminate two tyrants older than 70.

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3 Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud (88!)
2 Qaboos bin Said al Said
1 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

Just two!

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Ill join Fab in his votes.

The result of rund 4 is then:

2 Biya
2 Obiang Nguema
3 Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
3 Qaboos bin Said al Said

Last two geezers are eliminated.

Round 5, standard round.

My vote: Obiang Nguema
 

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Nguema eliminated 3-0 in round 5

Round 6, normal round

Alexander Lukashenko

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Result of round 6. His excellency President Paul Biya is eliminated. Bye bye Biya!

Round 7:

Eliminate one military dictator and one civilian.

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Chairman Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

civilian
President Ali Bongo Ondimba

OK, I second that. Tantawi and Ondimba are eliminated.

Round 8

Eliminate 3 tyrants by voting 3-2-1

Lukashenko 3
Hu Jintao 2
Putin 1

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Result of round 8:

4 Alexander Lukashenko
3 Vladimir Putin
3 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong
3 King Mswati III
2 President Choummaly Sayasone
2 Hu Jintao
1 President of the High Transitional Authority Andry Rajoelina 
 
Putin, really bad hair style and the Vietnameses top dog are out.

Round 9:

Eliminate two tyrants:

Hu Jintao
Andry Rajoelina

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Result of round 9:

President of the High Transitional Authority Andry Rajoelina are eliminated as well as the Swazi king (for  receiving more previous vots)

Round 10:

"Dead wood elimination". Eliminate 5 tyrants by voting 5-4-3-2-1.

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5 point to Turkmenistan: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (2006-)
4 points to China: Hu Jintao (2002-)
3 points to Qatar: Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1995-)
2 points to Togo: President Faure Gnassingbé (2005-)
1 points to Gambia: President Yahya Jammeh (1994-)

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Result of round 10

10 Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
8 Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
7 President Faure Gnassingbé
6 President Yahya Jammeh
5 Hu Jintao
5 Choummaly Sayasone
4 King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

 
Top 5 guys eliminated. Hu after coin toss.

Round 11, normal round

Choummaly Sayasone
 

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Result of round 11

Choummaly Sayasone eliminated 2-1.

Round 12

Eliminate three tyrants by voting 3-2-1

The ability to hang on to power is an all  important quality for a tyrant, so I am voting to eliminate the rookies before the finale:


3 Burma: President Thein Sein (2011-)
2 Guinea-Bissau: Chairman Mamadu Ture Kuruma (2011-)
1 South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Mayardit (2005-)

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Thein Sein could be argued to be tough as hes managed not to be couped by hardliners yet too I suppose.

True, but he is still a short termer.

6 points to Bahrain: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
4 Guinea-Bissau: Chairman Mamadu Ture Kuruma
3 Burma: President Thein Sein
2 points to Chad: President Idriss Déby
2 points to  Democratic Republic of Congo: President Joseph Kabila
1 South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Mayardit

Top three guys eliminated.

Round 13, normal round:

President Salva Kiir Mayardit from South Sudan

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OK, Deby is out.

Round 14:

Muslims form a big chunk of the remaining candidates, so to even the field a bit: Eliminate
two muslim dictators by voting 5-3-1.

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5 President Emomalii Rahmon
3 President Ilham Aliyev
1 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika

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Result of round 14

9 Abelaziz Bouteflika
7 Ilham Aliyev
6 Islam Karimov
5 Emomalii Rahmon

Round 15, normal round

Salva Kiir Mayardit noch einmal...


The 11 remaining guys come from two regions

Africa (
Angola: President José Eduardo dos Santos (1979-)
Burkina Faso: President Blaise Compaoré (1987-)
Democratic Republic of Congo: President Joseph Kabila (2001-)
Eritrea: President Isaias Afewerki (1991-)
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame (2000-)
South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Mayardit (2005-)
Sudan: President Omar al-Bashir (1989-)
Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni (1986-)

Central Asia (3)
Kazakhstan: President Nursultan Nazarbayev (1990-)
Tajikistan: President Emomalii Rahmon (1992-)
Uzbekistan: President Islam Karimov (1990-)

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Result of round 15

Mayardit eliminated 3-0

Round 16, normal round

Kabila (Big Daddys son is not that interesting IMO)

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Result of round 16

Kabila eliminated 3-0

Round 17

Elimiate three tyrants by voting 3-2-1

Nazarbayev 3
Compaoré 2
Afewerki 1

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Result of round 17

Nazarbayev 6
Compaoré 4
Afewerki 4
Karimov 3
al-Bashir 1

Top three guys eliminated

Round 18, normal round

Emomalii Rahmon

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Ok, Karimov is eliminated. A little curious about why you chose him?

Round 19, normal round

Five guys left.

Emomalii Rahmon is still my choice.