Benito Mussolini .
Mahatma Ghandi was the spiritual leader. The Brits ruled India during world war 2 and there was no dictator.
During World War II, Italy was ruled by a Fascist dictator named Benito Mussolini. His nickname was Il Duce.
Hideki Tojo was the dictator of Japan during WWII.
the president of Italy was a dictator named Benito Mussolini
The dictator ruled with almost absolute power for six months during times of war.
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of Russia during WW2 and the Holocaust.
The Sforza Family ruled Milan during the Renaissance.
Yes. Marshall Petain, who ruled Vichy France during World War II (under Nazi German quasi-occupation), was a dictator. He was the only dictator to rule France in the 20th century. Prior to and after World War II, France was a republic.
Hawaii was ruled by a dictator for three years during the Revolt of 1893.
Spain.
Francisco Franco ruled Spain as an authoritarian dictator from 1939-1975 and was responsible for much of Spain's neutrality in World War II and growth during the 1950s and 1960s. He created much of the infrastructure (both physical and societal) that has been central in modern Spain. He also groomed the current King Juan Carlos I as his protégé, indirectly setting the stage for Spain's current Constitutional Monarchy. (It is unlikely he intended for Juan Carlos to embrace democracy.) Hitler ruled Nazi Germany and Mussolini ruled Fascist Italy.
Victoriano Huerta (Feb 1913 - Jul 1914) qualifies as such.