swap_horiz Ali Khamenei Alternatives

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Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military leader who has served as the President of Rwanda since 2000. He...

Modern President Rwanda Authoritarian

5.5 Mediocre

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Hassan Rouhani

Hassan Rouhani is an Iranian politician and cleric who served as president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. His administration...

Modern President Iran Moderate

4.5 Poor

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Daniel Ortega

Daniel Ortega is a Nicaraguan politician and a leading figure in the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a left-wing p...

Modern President Nicaragua Authoritarian

3.5 Poor

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Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1990 until his resignat...

20TH Century President Kazakhstan Post Soviet

3.5 Poor

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Mohammed bin Salman

Mohammed bin Salman, often referred to as MBS, is the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. He has functioned...

Modern Reform Saudi Arabia Authoritarian

3.5 Poor

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Hosni Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resig...

Military 20TH Century President Egypt

3.0 Poor

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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who became president of Egypt in 2014. Befor...

Military Modern President Egypt

3.0 Poor

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Alberto Fujimori

Alberto Fujimori served as President of Peru from 1990 to 2000. His presidency began with economic reforms that curbed h...

20TH Century President Peru Authoritarian

3.0 Poor

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Ilham Aliyev

Ilham Aliyev is an Azerbaijani politician who became president of Azerbaijan in 2003 after succeeding his father, Heydar...

Modern President Dynastic Azerbaijan

3.0 Poor

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Emmerson Mnangagwa

Emmerson Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as president since November 2017. He became head of state a...

Modern President Zimbabwe Authoritarian

3.0 Poor

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Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin is a Russian politician who has served as either the President or Prime Minister of Russia continuously s...

Russia Modern President Former Kgb

2.5 Poor

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Ayatollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric and politician who served as the first Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 unt...

20TH Century Revolutionary Iran Supreme Leader

2.5 Poor

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Hun Sen

Hun Sen is a Cambodian politician who served as prime minister from 1985 until 2023, making him one of the longest-servi...

Modern Cpp Cambodia Prime Minister

2.5 Poor

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Nicolás Maduro

Nicolás Maduro is a Venezuelan politician and former trade-union leader who served as president of Venezuela from 2013 u...

Modern President Venezuela Socialist

2.0 Poor

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi was a Libyan military officer and revolutionary who led the 1969 coup that overthrew King Idris I. He go...

20TH Century Pan Arab Libya Authoritarian

2.0 Poor

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Ebrahim Raisi

Ebrahim Raisi was an Iranian conservative cleric and politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 unt...

Modern President Iran Hardliner

2.0 Poor

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Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who has served as the country's president since 1994. His government has...

Modern President Belarus Authoritarian

2.0 Poor

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Islam Karimov

Islam Karimov was the first President of Uzbekistan, serving from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in...

20TH Century President Uzbekistan Post Soviet

2.0 Poor

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Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung was a North Korean revolutionary, communist politician, and founding leader of the Democratic People's Repub...

20TH Century Korea Revolutionary Leader

1.5 Poor

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Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong-il was the North Korean political leader who succeeded his father, Kim Il-sung, and served as the country's Sup...

20TH Century North Korea Communist Dictator

1.0 Poor