who do you think is the Worst head of state of all time?

Question

it can be a
President
Dictator
Primeminister
or any other government official

just to inform you guys it doesnt have to be just in the states, it can also be abroad.

Answer 1

hummm, I suspect your question was intended to garner the response "Bush", as he is the popular person to bash just now, but in the scope of things he is not even in the running.

The terms President and Prime Minister are relatively new concepts. There have been weak ones and ill informed ones but never ones that would rate in the "worst head of state of all time".

The one Prime Minister that really did an amazing amount of damage was Neville Chamberlain

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/munich.html
His refusal to acknowledge the growing threat of the Third Reich launched us into WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_United_States_Presidents
Has a list that ranks the presidents by the good/bad that happened in their time in office..... The worst of the list?

42 Warren G. Harding 1921–1923 Republican 37.33

"Corrupt and short administration, Teapot Dome Scandal, opposed internationalism and Wilson's League of Nations, moved America into isolationism, presided over beginning of the "Roaring Twenties," confided "I am not fit for this office and never should have been here", numerous affairs, personal scandals and misuse of government resources"

Parade Magazine list the ten worst dictators:
http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_01-22-2006/Dictators
But the above reference is only for recent/current people.

The worst genocide in the world are:
http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/dictat.html

The list of genocides also corresponds to the worst dictators as they were not only blood thirsty, but also allowed their people and their economies to tank while they lived in oppulence.

Thoughout time- various emperors, kings and queens have had that term used with them...... France is littered with them as well as England and Germany.

Biblically? That could take more space than I have. A recent movie "The Three Hundred" does list a Persian leader that was pretty bad......

From my own personal experience (48 years) the scariest ones for me have been JFK, Johnson, and Carter ( Carter for me the personal worst). Clinton ranks high on my list, but I don't think his actions were as malicious as they were just ill advised.

So, there is a begining answer to your question. Sorry I couldn't follow in lock step and bash G.W. for you.

There is one thing that you must remember is though,
History, can be a fickle mistress, one day she loves you the next day she won't give you the time of day.

Answer 2

Genghis Khan.

He had an army of men who obeyed orders and rode on horses while shooting arrows.

So he wanted to turn the entire Earth into a vast steppe or featureless plain, so that his horsemen could rule everybody by force, coercion and lies and he could control everything.

The pseudo-religious murderers who betray Islam and attack everyone, westerners and easterners are worse--but no one of them has ever headed a state or "national entity".

So second place has to go to the worst of rulers in the modern world, Adolf Hitler or Nikolai Lenin, both statist tyrants, who murdered millions for no good reason.

Answer 3

For the U.S. it would certainly have to be George W. Bush. He is the least competent of any president. George Bush is an empty suit with no substance. He had absolutely no knowledge of what he was getting into when he ran for the presidency. He had no preparation, no knowledge, no body of written work, and no intellect. The funny thing is that he still doesn't. For those of you who think that being governor of the state of Texas, with absolutely no other office being held before that is sufficient preparation, you have absolutely no idea what being prepared for that office means.

Answer 4

I answered this once already today, and don't mind at all doing it again.

Millard Fillmore.

edit:
I guess I should explain why. He accomplished practically nothing useful (you can't count the Compromise of 1850 for two reasons... you should know why); he promoted the Fugitive Slave Act; he brought about a great division in his own party; and he was essentially pro-slavery.

Answer 5

Appeaser Clinton

Answer 6

Carter.

Answer 7

I'm going to have to say Stalin. He killed millions of his own citizens and performed many other heinous acts.

Answer 8

Hillary. Oh,heh heh! I thought ya said who gives the worst head. Ha! Ha! I crack myself up sometimes. Just don't tell Hillary. Heh! Heh!

Answer 9

Bill (sold our country to China) Clinton...and its not even close.

Answer 10

Tony Blair is the worst because I don't like his hair or teeth.