Leaders+who+love+statues

This is an interesting sit to see how some leaders bombard their citizens with giant images of themselves, Big Brother style. For the original site, go to: []

Mayawati, chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state, has until Monday to respond to claims she mis-spent state money on statues. Many of these are of elephants - her party symbol - and of herself. She's not the only leader partial to statuary...
 * =Leaders who love statues= ||
 * [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46109000/jpg/_46109678_mayawati_766.jpg align="center" caption="Shraavan Prajapati, Mayawati’s favourite sculptor, and a statue of Mayawati (centre)"]]
 * [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46109000/jpg/_46109678_mayawati_766.jpg align="center" caption="Shraavan Prajapati, Mayawati’s favourite sculptor, and a statue of Mayawati (centre)"]]
 * 1) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116061_mayawati_766.jpg align="center" caption="Shraavan Prajapati, Mayawati’s favourite sculptor, and a statue of Mayawati (centre)"]]
 * 2) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116062_goldrevolvingniyazov_ap766.jpg align="center" caption="Statue of Niyazov"]]
 * 3) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116063_assad_766.jpg align="center" caption="Statues of Hafez al-Assad"]]
 * 4) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116064_saddam_766.jpg align="center" caption="Statues of Saddam Hussein"]]
 * 5) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116065_bokassa_2_magnum.jpg align="center" caption="Statue of Bokassa"]]
 * 6) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116066_petergreat_ap766.jpg align="center" caption="Statue of Peter the Great, Moscow"]]
 * 7) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116067_mansudae_ap766.jpg align="center" caption="Statue of Kim Il-sung in North Korea"]]
 * 8) [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46116000/jpg/_46116061_mayawati_766.jpg align="center" caption="Shraavan Prajapati, Mayawati’s favourite sculptor, and a statue of Mayawati (centre)"]] ||

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