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8 entriesAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Egyptian president since 2014, former army chief who led the 2013 ouster of…
Absolute Monarchy
A system of government in which a single hereditary ruler holds unrestricted…
Alexander Lukashenko
Belarusian politician serving as the country's first and only president since…
António Salazar
Portuguese authoritarian leader who ruled as Prime Minister from 1932 to 1968…
Arab Spring
A series of pro-democracy uprisings and protests across the Arab world…
Authoritarian Backsliding
The gradual erosion of democratic institutions and norms, leading to increased…
Authoritarianism
A governing system characterized by concentrated power, limited political…
Autocratization
Autocratization is the process by which a political regime becomes less…