In this opening scene from the dictator (2012), we’re introduced to general aladeen, the eccentric and ruthless leader of the fictional nation of wadiya.. Dictator, in modern political systems, a single person who possesses absolute political power within a country or territory or a member of a small group that exercises such power.
The term dictatorship comes from the latin title dictator, which in the roman republic designated a temporary magistrate who was granted extraordinary powers in order to deal with state.. One appointed by the senate of ancient rome.