#9: Papa Doc Duvalier — Voodoo
Haitian President François “Papa Doc” Duvalier deliberately cultivated a terrifying public persona fused with Baron Samedi, the Vodou lwa of dead spirits. Wearing black top hats and dark suits while speaking in a nasal whisper, Duvalier weaponized folk beliefs alongside his brutal Tonton Macoute secret police to maintain absolute political control through psychological and spiritual terror.
