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Line 1: {{trope}} This is when a dictator tries to make sure he is in power permanently by giving himself the title "President For Life", declaring himself a ''de facto'' monarch who happens to have a republican title. This does not include presidents who simply happened to expire before their predefined terms did. Nor does it include presidents who served multiple terms via show elections where there was no other candidate. This is about doing away with elections ''altogether''. Definitely a sign of a [[People's Republic of Tyranny]], and very often a [[President Evil]]. Line 12: == Film == * In ''[[~~Licence to Kill (Film)\|~~Licence to Kill]]'', [[Big Bad]] Sanchez warns the president of the [[Banana Republic]] that he's "only President for life". == Newspaper Comics == * ''[[~~Calvin and Hobbes (Comic Strip)\|~~Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Calvin calls himself Supreme Dictator and [[President for Life]] of G.R.O.S.S. == Professional Wrestling == Line 26: * ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'': Abdul Fakkadi, [[The Generalissimo\|Supreme Military Commander]], President-for-Life, and King of Kings of [[People's Republic of Tyranny\|Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]. * In an episode of ''[[The Critic]]'', where Jay Sherman's son dated Fidel Castro's granddaughter, Castro introduced himself to a group of schoolchildren as this. * In a less serious example, the Mayor in ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~OddParents]]'' during a speech once proclaimed himself Mayor for Life, to the surprise of the citizens. == [[Real Life]] == * Quite popular amongst real-life dictators, and [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/President_for_Life~~:President for Life\|has its own article]] at [[That Other Wiki]]. Some even lived up to the term. Famously, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin proclaimed himself this in many of his [[~~Narm\|narmtastic~~narm]]tastic [[Large Ham\|rants]]. François Duvalier of Haiti. Died in office. ** Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan. Died in office. Line 45: [[Category:Pages Needing Wicks]] [[Category:Politics Tropes]] [[Category:~~President For Life~~{{PAGENAME}}]]