He was president on three occasions during this time, and ruled as an unelected military strongman for the rest of the era.

This process was specifically designed to give the unpopular military strongman the look of an elected President.

Adnan, he said approvingly, was a caudillo - a military strongman.

This put him at odds with the military strongmen who came to dominate and define political perception of the region.

Let us hit this military strongman where it counts.

In his first presidential race, in 1971, he nearly upset a military strongman.

As the military "strongman" who made the coup, Stroessner was able to provide many of his supporters with positions in the provisional government.

Sun was once again sidelined by his political opponents and military strongmen.

"Reacting like a military strongman has set things back for him," the official said.

By 1926 Poland was under a military strongman.