Their relationship has been like an autocratic leader's to a wise fool, licensed to speak the truth.
It was the first political assassination in Tunisia since the popular unrest in 2011 forced the country's autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali from power and also inspired the so-called "Arab Spring" uprisings across the region.
More to the point, Gulen is the reclusive and highly autocratic leader of a global media, business, "interfaith dialogue" and education empire said to be worth many billions and that is run from a compound in the Poconos.
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And he added: "The failure of my initiative does not mean the failure of Tunisia or the failure of the revolution, " in a reference to the popular unrest two years ago that ousted autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
The position of chairman, however, did not imbue Boyah with the autocratic powers of a traditional gang leader.
He knows that no Palestinian leader, not even one as historic and autocratic as himself, could sign such a deal and escape the wrath of his people.
Its leader, Aslan Abashidze, runs an odd and throughly autocratic mini-state, Ajaria, on the Black Sea border with Turkey.
Being autocratic can help you steamroll the opposition but sooner than later every leader, elected or not, faces issues than can only be solved through mutual cooperation.
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Just as in the corporate world or autocratic governments, the small number of electors who are deciding on the leader of the Catholic Church can expect specific rewards promotions, assignments and other perks for their loyalty, Bueno De Mesquita says.
The end of Mr Bossi's autocratic reign came amid claims by prosecutors that taxpayers' money allotted to his party had been spent on its leader, his family and his closest associates (none of whom is under investigation, and all of whom deny wrongdoing).
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