авторитарный правитель; властный лидер(Азери); авторитарный лидер(bookworm); главарь(bookworm); жёсткий правитель(не считающийся ни с чьим мнением • In the wake of these and other setbacks, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia appears to be maneuvering for a face-saving settlement, analysts say, a way to escape a losing situation without puncturing his strongman image or antagonizing the ultranationalists at home who were expecting him to follow up his annexation of Crimea with an invasion of Ukraine.); диктатор(a Latin-American strongman who basically treated his nation's coffers as his personal bank account)