8. Bashar Al-Assad, Syria
Total Death Toll: + 191,000
Even though the Ba’ath party had previously achieved power through a coup, Bashar, the next one in our list of most evil elected presidents who killed the most people was elected for his third term in Syria’s first multi-candidate, direct presidential election; he remains in power. If you ask me, he –barely- makes the cut for this list, mainly because there was another party, and another candidate; there was a challenge, and he won. Not sure if it was fair, but it was definitely square.
This here is an evil man, and a crappy president. He has displaced thousands from their homes, and staved, tortured and killed many others; here are some pictures (do not watch if you are impressionable). Due to the ongoing Civil War in Syria, which began in 2011 as a rebellion against Al-Assad and his party, this country accounts for the largest refugee number in the world. The losses, according to the BBC, are higher than 191,000 (although necrometrics averages it in 93,000, which is oddly slim).
