one-man rule

• Herrschaftsform, bei der eine einzelne Person die gesamte Staatsgewalt ausübt und alle Entscheidungen ohne Konsultation oder Kontrolle trifft; oft mit Autokratie oder Diktatur verbunden.

A system of government or management in which a single person holds all the power and makes all decisions without consultation or checks, often associated with autocracy or dictatorship.

1. Autocracy or DictatorshipB2formal

   A system of government where a single person holds all the power and makes decisions without consultation.

   Alleinherrschaft

   • The country suffered under decades of one-man rule.
   • One-man rule often leads to corruption and human rights abuses.
   • The revolution aimed to end the oppressive one-man rule.