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Politics

Dictators’ wives – in pictures

Dictators Wives: Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad
Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad listens to a speech by her husband, President Bashar al-Assad
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Dictators Wives: Asma Assad and Leila Ben Ali
Syrian president Bashar Assad's wife Asma Assad, left, with Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's wife Leila Ben Ali
Photograph: Associated Press
Dictators Wives: Asma Assad in American Vogue
Asma Assad in American Vogue Photograph: internet
Dictators Wives: Bashar al-Assad accompanied by his wife Asma
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad accompanied by his wife Asma Photograph: SANA HANDOUT/EPA
Dictators Wives: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asma
Asma seen at a gala dinner at the Paris Union for the Mediterranean Founding Summit In Paris, 2008
Photograph: Benainous/Hounsfield/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Dictators Wives: working lunch at the Elysee Palace
French president Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy share a working lunch with Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma at the Elysee Palace Photograph: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images
Dictators Wives: Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak
Former Egyptian first lady Suzanne Mubarak at the opening ceremony of the International Conference "Women Defending Peace" in Geneva in 2004 Photograph: PASCAL LAUENER/REUTERS
Dictators Wives: Hosni Mubarak and his wife
Hosni Mubarak with his wife Suzanne
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
Dictators Wives: Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben A
Former Tiunisian first lady Leila Abidine Ben Ali Photograph: FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images
Dictators Wives: Former Tunisian President Ben Ali and his wife
Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila at the start of the presidential election campaign in 2009
Photograph: epa/Corbis
Dictators Wives: Moammar Gaddafi's wife Safia Farkash
Muammar Gaddafi's wife Safia Farkash
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
Dictators Wives: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi And His Wife Safia
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his wife Safia on the first day of an Africa Summit in Tripoli
Photograph: Mike Forster/Daily Mail/Rex
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