Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria

Age: 46

Assumed office: 6/20/2000

This is a dynasty intact. Assad succeeded his father Hafez’s 29-year reign with 97 percent of the nation’s vote but reportedly did not disclose the statistics regarding the election. He has ensured that the spring Arab uprising in several other countries would not visit upon him as his security forces is said to continue to arrest citizens without warrants and torture them under a “no freedom, no rights” policy. He is responsible for approximately 3,000 civilian lives since the recent Arab spring demonstrations have begun on Syrian ground.