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* Practically every dictator or other authoritarian head of state in the last century or so has at least ''attempted'' to grow a Cult of Personality around themselves; many, like [[Romania|Nicolae Ceaușescu]] and [[Yugoslavia|Josip Broz Tito]] were successful, at least in the relative short run. However, the two most prominent examples have to be [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Josef Stalin]]. It's hard to decide which of them is the [[Trope Codifier]], although both qualify for the role; perhaps they both are, collectively.
* The Kim family, rulers of [[North Korea]]. The state-owned press in North Korea is effusive in its unending praise when it comes to covering them, to the point that to outsiders it seems almost like an embarrassing parody. For instance, despite the Communist rejection of religion all the Kims are and have been painted as semi-divine, "a great person born of heaven". The latest Kim, Kim Jong-un, is a case in point. Everything good that happens is because of him; everything bad that is even reported is a defiance of the natural order because it flies in the face of Kim's intentions for the land and people.
* In a benign version of this trope, [[Christianity]] is in large part a COP centered around Jesus, as those who bear the name of "Christian" consider him the apex of morality to which they should adhere to and attempt to emulate at all times, and since, according to the Christian faith he was a man who was also [[God]], the divine aspects often given a figure at the center of a COP applies by default to him. It's worth mentioning this doesn't prevent him from being misinterpreted or outright perverted for the use of madmen, cult leaders, or any other figure who wishes to use the COP of Jesus to justify their own actions or shield themselves from criticism while invoking it, but this sort of thing is actually frowned on by the mainstream of the Christian COP, as Jesus' own commentary on this very possibility lampshaded his name would be used by those who did not truly represent what he stood for.
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