Idi AMIN was a Ugandan military officer and dictator who served as the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He is widely considered one of the most brutal despots in African history, and his rule was marked by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, and gross economic mismanagement. The crossword solution for DESPOT AMIN is IDI, which is the acronym for his full name, Idi AMIN Dada.