Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine Commander in Chief and dictator (born 1925)

Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military officer and the President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, during the National Reorganization Process. His rule, which was during the time of Operation Condor, was among the most infamous in Latin America during the Cold War due to its high level of human rights abuses including abductions, torture, executions and systematic kidnapping of children from female prisoners, as well as severe economic mismanagement.