Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. As a person in strong control of your government—sole control, perhaps—which title would you prefer? Autocrat? Despot ...

The recent power grab, which is effectively trying to make Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah an almost absolute ruler ...

FOUR months ago, one of the main topics in Serbia was a documentary called "Vladalac" (The Ruler) written by Slavisa Lekic, directed by Jovana S. Polic, and edited by Sanja Loncar, which was aired by ...

JOHOR BARU — The Johor ruler has no absolute powers under the state constitution to appoint a person of his choice as chief minister as he is bound to follow constitutional requirements, according to ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Granting rulers absolute power may lead to them advancing their personal interests instead of their states, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on April 11. Dr Mahathir cited ...

ASHGABAT, December 21 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Turkmenistan's leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died on Thursday, was absolute ruler of his Central Asian desert state ...

LETTER | State constitutions existed before 1957, and still exist and are in force. But the ruler's power to interfere in the administration of the state was curbed drastically when the Federal ...

"The pillars of democracy need to be autonomous to maintain a balance to function effectively in India. The Parliament cannot be called an absolute ruler," said Sir William Mark Tully, a veteran ...