Editing President (government title) (section)

===Dictatorships===
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In [[dictatorship]]s, the title of president is frequently taken by self-appointed or military-backed leaders. Such is the case in many states: [[Idi Amin]] in [[Uganda]], [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] in [[Zaire]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]] in the [[Philippines]], [[Suharto]] in [[Indonesia]], and [[Saddam Hussein]] in [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] are some examples. Other presidents in authoritarian states have wielded only symbolic or no power such as [[Craveiro Lopes]] in [[Portugal]] and [[Joaquín Balaguer]] under the "[[Third Dominican Republic|Trujillo era]]" of the [[Dominican Republic]].

[[President for life]] is a title assumed by some [[dictator]]s to try to ensure their authority or legitimacy is never questioned. Presidents like [[Alexandre Pétion]], [[Rafael Carrera]], [[Josip Broz Tito]], and [[François Duvalier]] died in office. [[Kim Il Sung]] was named [[Eternal leaders of North Korea|Eternal President of the Republic]] after his death.