10 Children Of The Wealthiest and Evilest Dictators To Ever Live
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Editorial Staff in
Bizarre
On 13th November 2015
When you’re the child of the dictator you have some serious expectations on your head, and if you do a good job then the planet hates you all the more: you’re stuck with either an enraged and psychopathic dad, or a reputation as being one of the scummiest people on Earth.
But what exactly is it like growing up with a violent and evil dictator as a father? Here are the top 10 craziest stories about what it’s like to be the kid of the most hated men to ever live, and spoiler: it’s not exactly gum drops and lollipops.
#1 Nicu Ceausescu (Nicolae Ceausescu)
Nicolai Ceausescu is pretty much the worst thing to ever come to Romania, and with him he brought a terribly oppressive regime that enforced curfews and limited public speech. For 15 years Ceausescu bullied the Romanian populace to the point of mass depression, so when he began having kids the people feared the reign would only continue with his hellish spawns. Nicu Ceausescu was close with his father, and his inheritance of his father's position seemed guaranteed.
Nicu was almost as despised as his father was: he had a terrible reputation as both a rapist and an alcoholic. Nicu also had a tendency to gamble heavily and then getting into car accidents as a result of his binge drinking, and would commonly endanger the Romanian people with his horrible driving practices. After Nicolai was executed for his crimes against the country, Nicu was imprisoned for 20 years for being accused of holding child prisoners; he was released early due to suffering from an extreme case of Cirrhosis, he died 4 years later in a hospital having (thankfully) never picking up where his father left off.
#2 Kim Jong II (Kim II Sung)
Most people are familiar with Kim Jong II, but he was nothing compared to his father, Kim II Sung, who created the very position that is currently being passed down to his family. Kim Il Sung brought socialism into North Korea, began a strong brainwashing and propaganda campaign naming him "the great leader," and eventually claimed a seat of absolute power in the Country by running off any possible competition. When Kim Jong II inherited his father's seat of power, he was intoxicated by the prospects of what he could do.
Kim Jong II completed his education in the "People's Republic of China" in an effort to keep him safe during the ongoing Korean War, and donned the title "The Dear Leader" in order to differentiate his rule from his father's. Kim Jong II furthered his father's brainwashing campaign by editing the school's curriculum to glorify both him and his father as gods: including the ridiculous notion that neither of them defecated or urinated. Kim Jong II's time as the ruler of north Korea is still recognized as the most repressive government to ever exist, as its citizens could hardly be called anything more than prisoners
#3 Kim Jong Un (Kim Jong II)
The "Kim" family certainly takes "like father like son" to a whole new level. After Kim Jong II died at the age of 82 after suffering a severe heart attack his son adopted the title of "Supreme Leader," and picked up right where his father left off. After getting a physics degree at the "Kim II-Sung University" (yes, seriously), and an "army officer degree" at the "Kim II-Sung Military University" (yes, I'm still being completely serious), Kim Jong Un was ready to start making the tough choices that a great leader needs to make.
Kim Jong Un's first order of business was to eliminate military officials that had been loyal to his father's rule, and over the next eleven months the entire North Korean senate of elected officials had either been removed from power or mysteriously disappeared. Un wasn't even supposed to be selected for his father's rule initially; his brother, Kim Jong Nam, was the family favorite until he was caught trying to enter Japan with a invalid passport trying to get into Disneyland: apparently not even the most evil of us can resist the temptations of Mickey Mouse.
#4 Uday Hussein (Saddam Hussein)
Even the younger readers will be familiar with the horrible reputation of the infamous Saddam Hussein, and heck, most of them were old enough to see the broadcast of his hanging. Uday Hussein was Saddam's eldest son, and was spoiled by his father since he was destined to take his place after his death, but after Uday suffered grievous injuries as a result of an assassination attempt he was quickly replaced with his younger siblings in the pecking order. Uday was always a troubled soul growing up and he made sure that the people of Iraq felt the same suffering he did.
Uday was accused of some rather serious offenses, including numerous allegations of murder, torture, and rape, with his victims including members of both the Iraq Olympics team, and Iraq's national football team. Even when he was younger Uday didn't get along with others: he killed his father's personal taste tester and valet over a minor disagreement. Uday excelled in his courses (on paper) but it was strongly implied that failing to give him exceptional marks would be seen as an unforgivable insult. When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Uday was killed after a three hour firefight at the age of 39: turns out the military is a wee bit stronger than a valet.
#5 Mutassim Gaddafi (Muammar Gaddafi)
Muammar Gaddafi famously had an "inner circle" of valuable political members that were empathetic towards his causes, and on that circle sat his son, Mutassim. Mutassim was conditioned from a young age to be a negotiator on behalf of his father, and as soon as he was old enough he was thrust into the role of an international diplomat who spoke on behalf of the Libyan people. Despite the horrible upbringings that a lot of political children seem to face, it turns out that Mutassim was more well rounded than the rest: in that he didn't have strange compulsions towards rape and torture.
Mutassim met with both Hilary Clinton and John McCain, who described him as a polite albeit forward man that really seemed earnest about his intentions and improving the quality of the Libyan people but not everyone was such a fan of his politics; anti-Muammar rebels stormed his father's home in Sirte, during the climax of the Libyan civil war, and executed him along with his father after holding him in captivity. Being the son of a ruler seems to severely limit your prospective lifespan.
#6 Sar Patchata (Pol Pot)
Pol Pot is such a despicable character that if Hitler were throwing a party for the world's dictators he wouldn't have invited him, although he couldn't attend anyways because he was sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest. 1.7 million Cambodians starved to death as a result of Pot's malicious policies, but the government still wanted his bloodline in the government and so they sent him a wife to bear his children: the result was Pol's daughter, Sar. Pol loved Sar unconditionally, and promised her that growing up she would never want for anything (although he had a bad track record of keeping food on the table).
Sar lived a normal yet somewhat impoverished life, and without having to worry about her father being overbearing she was mainly left to her own devices while being cared for by her mother and the state. Sar got married in 2014 in a rather humble ceremony all things considered, and now spends her time like any other modern person: surfing the web and tweeting about her lunches. Sar is a perfectly normal woman except for one small detail: she may or may not still think her father was a good man and a patriot, rather than a mass murdering death machine: but hey, propaganda runs deep.
#7 Edda Mussolini (Benito Mussolini)
If you think you and your parents don't get along then wait until you hear about Benito Mussolini and his poor daughter, Edda. Usually when you marry a fascist political propagandist it's because your parents are trying to gain power, but in Edda's case she did it for pure honest to god love. When Edda's husband dissented on her father's rule he was arrested for treason and sentenced to a brutal execution; she pleaded with her father to release her husband and claimed that if he carried through with the execution that their relationship would be dead, and a few days later it was.
Edda was furious about her husband's execution and so she rebelled against her father in the only sensible way possible: she fled to Sweden and started sleeping with communist leaders while vocally undermining her father's position; Benito was executed in April of 1945 by a group of Italian partisans, but those two events are probably completely unrelated, right? Perhaps the greatest achievement Edda ever had was smuggling the Count's wartime diaries out of the country with her on her escape, which would later be published and used as a historical source for what was happening Italy during its most severe fascist period.
#8 Li Na (Mao Zedong)
Not much is known about Mao's children because Mao didn't have a habit of keeping them around very long; one died from dysentery, some were captured by Stalin, and he personally sent one to work in labor mines as a way to toughen him up, and he forced his third wife to bear his children and then abandon them directly after birth as a way of showing devotion to him and only him. Of the many children that Mao fathered over the course of his vicious campaigns, he did recognize two of his children as not only being of his blood, but of deserving his title of father: Li Na, and Li Min.
Li Min was a simple, humble and gentle girl, but Mao's favorite, Li Na was an absolute fanatic just like her father: she was placed in a hard institution that combined agricultural labor with communist study to prepare her for a world where Mao ruled. Li Na went on to work in both the tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, held local authoritative roles, and worked in worked at the "People's Liberation Army Daily," which is a media outlet based out of China that speaks to the people regarding Communism.
#9 Yakov Dzhugashvili (Joseph Stalin)
Joseph Stalin is perhaps the coldest hearted husband and parent to ever live; he was a raging alcoholic and battered his wife into submission, and during a disagreement he shot her to death. When doctors refused to sign a certificate that claimed her cause of death was appendicitis he killed them too: the next doctors were probably shocked to see a whole room of appendicitis victims. Stalin's Son, Yakov, wasn't exactly a saint himself: his wife, Yulia, only married him because he arranged for her to be divorced from her husband and to be wed to him (but girls like confidence, right?).
Stalin despised his son, and as a result of his poor treatment, Yakov tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, but his aim was off and he mangled his face instead; when Joseph saw what his son had done, he mocked him and said he couldn't even shoot straight. Yakov would later fight in the Second World War and was captured by the German forces; despite being tortured his father wouldn't negotiate for his release, stating that his son was no different than any other solider. Yakov succeeded at killing himself the second time around, when he intentionally ran into a powered fence at the POW camp he was held in.
#10 Jean-Marie Loret (Adolf Hitler)
Hitler is the most infamous dictator of all time, but he never had any children... or did he? The Frenchman Jean-Marie Loret (and his son Phillipe) seem to think that Hitler not only had a secret affair with an unknown woman, but that Loret himself is the product of it. Loret has been met with a great deal of skepticism, and no one seems to take his claims seriously, but that didn't stop him from going to the media with the story and writing his own autobiography titled: "Ton Pere s'applait Hitler" or "Your Father's name was Hitler.
Loret had this bombshell dropped on him by his mother in 1948, but she had only done so because she was nearing death: of course no one else was there to verify it though. Learning his origin brought a great deal of complication into his life, and it was recorded that his wife actually left him when she found out the truth about where he is from. Loret has visited significant places all over the world to see firsthand what his father had done, and tells anyone who will listen about his history. I guess the only thing worse than being the son of Hitler is that nobody believes you (or maybe that's a blessing in disguise).
