Two Romanian dictators
As prime minister of Romania, Ion Antonescu established a military dictatorship in Romania which joined the Axis powers to protect its independence while Hungary wanted Transylvania back. Yes, Transylvania is real and it is a region in modern day Romania. The oil reserves in Romania were strategically important during the war which is another reason for Romania's becoming a formal member of the Axis. He forced Romania's king into exile and a pro German dictatorship was adopted though oddly enough Antonescu wasn't officially a fascist politician. He was just your average WW2 politician that was more in favour in sending soldiers to fight in Stalingrad and having minorities and the disabled killed than having a Dig for Victory campaign. So did he get his comeuppance like Mussolini or realise that Allied victory was inevitable after D-Day? His a matter a fact it was a coup that brought him down in August 1944 led by King Michael, the successor to the king Antonescu exiled but it was the Romanian communists people's court that sentenced him to death and executed him as a war criminal in 1946.
Nicolae Ceausescu is probably the Romanian dictator you have heard of more than Antonescu because (my word) he was just as bad but more remember able than his WW2 counterpart. Life in Ceausescu's Romania was difficult. Food was rationed and there were longlines for the food that was rationed. Mocking him could destroy your career and your future. The official doctrine of the Communist party forbade unemployment and the media was heavily censored. Anyone who wanted to travel abroad had to justify their trip to the authorities. The prevailing mood in Ceausescu's Romania can be compared to that of modern day North Korea. In fact Ceausescu was one of Kim Il Sung's biggest fans so it's no wonder why there is such comparison. In a karmatic twist of fate, Nicolae and his wife Elena Ceausescu were gunned down during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 after the Romanians couldn't handle his treatment of the country any more. Did we mention that people booed at him when he tried to give a speech days prior?
Well, now we did.