Power makes some people the best and some the best. During the power ship, some leaders wanted to get better the quality of other people’s lives. But some prefer their interest to others. Their selfish behavior let to abuse of power resulting in the name of honor killing or destruction of numerous lives. Now in this article, we shall discuss the evil character leaders in history.
10: Herod
Herod was the Roman king of Judea. He is famous for the colossal building projects all over Judea. His name consisted of the reformation of the second temple in Jerusalem. He was well known as the evil leader in the history of the world. He gave an order to murder boys of two ages and in the process of killing Jesus. Historian Joseph got evidence of his evil deeds and he warned in a dream about Herod’s intention of killing Jesus.
He and his family fled to Egypt and stayed until Herod’s death. Herod killed his three sons and his favorite wife. He died after an unbearable illness of vague cause that called posterity “Herod’s evil”. Josephus confirmed that he attempted suicide because of intolerable illness and pain.
09: Nero
Nero was the last Roman monarch of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. His rule is generally linked with cruelty and absurdity. He had some negative assessments of his personality and sovereignty. Roman people thought of him as a corrupt leader and they assumed that the “Great Fire of Rome” was his planned grand complex, the Domus Aurea. After that, he blamed the fire on the Christians and tormented and killed them. He counted in history as the evil leader in the world.
08: Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was the 5th President of Iraq. He was a chief person of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party. Always he had an invasion in his mind with clear visions of rule over the Arab Empire. He invaded Iran and Kuwait, which overwhelmed his army and economy. Because of his harsh orders, his many friends, family, and close relatives were murdered. He tortured and raped his opponents and their close relatives. At the end of his life because of his crimes and bad deeds, he was captured and suspended. His name is marked as an evil leader in history.
07: Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Qaddafi is known as Colonel Qaddafi of Libya. He ruled Libya as a revolutionary chairman from 1969-1977. His rule was thought of as the most brutal in North African history. He worked as a dictator and banned private projects and freedom of speech. He also dismissed his opposition by making it out of the law. In his country just a few people are prosperous. As he wasted most of his nation’s money on terrorist groups. He was one of the most evil-natured leaders in the history of the world.
06: Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was a revolutionary communist politician in Cuba. He became prime minister from 1959-1976. Under his administration, his nation became a one-party communist state. In his era of rule, newspapers were banned he forced for reeducation of priests and homosexuals. He denied the basic rights of civilians like freedom of speech. He counts evil-minded leaders in the world’s history.
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05: King John
John was the king of England until his death. He was the 3rd ruler of Plantagene’s house. In England, he considered evil leaders in British history. He stole the authority from his brother by conspiracy with France’s king. When his rivals made hurdles in his way he threw them in a donjon and starved them to death. According to his orders, he built a huge army and fleet. He heavily charged taxes and took away areas from aristocrats. He imprisoned and tortured Jews until they paid his desired money.
04: Timur
Timur was the first emperor of the Timurid dynasty. Timur became a dictator and cruel conqueror of Asia and the Middle East. He conquered some parts of Russia, Moscow, and Persia. Timur smashed their cities and murdered their people. He called the cruelest and most evil leaders in history as he made towers from their skulls. Whenever he went he prevailed in destruction and slaughtered thousands of people.
03: Caligula
Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar ) was the 3rd Roman emperor who ruled from 34-41. Some existing sources of her ruling era describe his noble and modesty in the first 6 months of his reign. Later the resources tell us about his brutality, sadism, lavishness, and sexual distortion presenting him as an insane dictator. He announced himself as a god, he killed many people according to his interest. Hence, he counted on evil leaders in history.
2: Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was one of the most notorious and evil leaders in the history of the world. He was the leader of the German Nazi party. He was involved in the armed process during World War II and the perpetration of the Holocaust. He wanted an invasion of European and African states. According to his orders, millions of Jews were tortured, raped, and killed in camps. He also slaughtered many known and unknown people.
1: Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was the former creator of the militant organization “Al Qaeda”. He was notorious in history as an evil leader. He was also responsible for several terrorist attacks on the US. Bin Laden is famous for his part in masterminding the attacks on 11 September because nearly 3,000 people died and it encouraged the War on Terror in the United States. Many of his orders involved honor killing as suicide bombers.
