virtual dictator

Long's opponents charged that he had become virtual dictator of the state.

He was a virtual dictator but had to write every letter himself and took no leave for fifteen years.

Many considered him to be a virtual dictator.

He was extremely authoritarian, a virtual dictator, and governed directly over all affairs.

Once a political party has chosen a leader, that leader becomes a virtual dictator.

How can you justify this usurpation that makes you a virtual dictator?

Lamartine served as a virtual dictator of France for the next three months.

He served as a virtual dictator, and did not step down until 1949, and only under pressure from the US.

But his determination to run all his companies as a virtual dictator challenged the whole notion of corporate responsibility.

Jayewardene held office until 1989, ruling as a virtual dictator under emergency powers.

Louis XIV made him the virtual dictator of the arts.

In reality this made the General and his Army virtual dictators of the Reich.

The regime, depending on Maurice's personal qualities as a virtual dictator, therefore came under unbearable strain.

"Levy is a virtual dictator," she said.

The idea of a strong presidency has attracted criticism from those who fear it could make Mr. Gorbachev a virtual dictator.

As a result, Gambetta became the virtual dictator of unoccupied France during the war.

The Marquês de Pombal rose to power and became a virtual dictator.

The University President was the virtual dictator of the planet, and his pronouncements had the force of law in dental matters throughout the galaxy.

The mines were regained during the period in which Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico as virtual dictator.

Would it be fair to say that the man is a virtual dictator, who brooks no criticism and will go to any lengths to achieve what he wants?

After that he remains virtual dictator, with none but obsequious, terrified myrmidons around him: these are too weak to oppose him in any way.

Tory frontbencher Donald Fleming contended that the extension could make the minister "the virtual dictator of the economy".

The latter provisions were largely ignored and Cromwell, who became Lord Protector, ruled as a virtual dictator.

His later rise to become virtual dictator of the Revolution was greatly facilitated by his actions during the occupation of the Assembly.

Ludendorff, though second-in-command to Hindenburg, had been the virtual dictator of Germany for the last two years of the war.