Frank Bainimarama
If there was an award for ‘most popular military dictator’ Commodore Frank Bainimarama would win hands down.
Muammar al-Gaddafi came close by hugging the Lockerbie bomber this week, but his habit of farting like a horse – and murdering thousands of his own people – relegated him to second.
Fiji’s coup leader, and Prime Minister, is viewed by the international community as a paranoid, unpredictable maverick.
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