fun dictator facts: Isaias Afwerki (president of Eritrea for nearly 30 years, not a fan of religious minorities, has more-or-less enslaved a huge chunk of his own country) loves Chinese food and regularly calls the chef at the Chinese embassy to cook for him.

Benito Mussolini wrote a romance novel. Also, for some reason (namely, he wasn't a huge fan of the Catholic church in those days) a biography of Jan Hus.

Also, while he's nowhere near either Mussolini or Afwerki, I have to include Salva Kiir in this thread because he's my favorite. George W. Bush gave him this black stetson as a gift, and he seems to have worn it at every public appearance in the last ~20 years.