Know about the high lives of military rulers' first ladies

New Delhi: The first ladies of the dictators have stood by their partners even if they are facing international criticism.So, while the husbands are busy butchering the rebels, what do their better halves do?Enjoy a shopping spree and empty their husband's treasury. They are seen splurging while the country is going through crisis.We have collected few facts about the lavish lives of these ladies:1. Asma al-Assad During the Syrian Bloody war, Asma , the wife of President Basha – al- Assad she was busy spending on luxury items and watches. The UK's daily had revealed that she has a habit of ordering Western food for her children, purchasing a $450,000 chandelier last year and posting pictures of herself wearing fitness accessories. Leaked emails show that Asma used a fake American address for online shopping.She bought music and apps from iTunes, splashed out more than £10,000 on tables and other furniture from Paris and even got a fondue set from Amazon.Details of Asma's sprees were among thousands of emails received and sent by her and Assad and intercepted by the rebels between last June and February. 2. Leila Trabelsi The wife of Tunisan ex President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was a hairdresser is famous for all the wrong practices. An ultimate symbol of corruption, she and her 10 sibling operate a mafia, extorting money from shop owners and has a £3.5billion stake in the nation's businesses.In a book written by her butler, it says that she had ritually sacrificed chameleons to cast spell over her husband.Also she punished one cook by putting his hands in boiling cooking oil.She had fled from Saudi Arabia taking away £37.5million from Tunisian bank.3. Grace Mugabe Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe married Grace in 1996 in a manner what is known as the wedding of the century.The first lady is known for her lavish spending. While the people of Zimbabwe are starving, Grace is always in the news fro her lavish European shopping sprees.Heights of carelessness were crossed when she used government funds meant for low-cost housing to build her a 30-room estate.“Graceland” was later snapped up by Colonel Gaddafi.She persuaded Mugabe to spend £5million on a palace in China, once spent more than £100,000 on a single Paris shopping spree and owns more than 3,000 pairs of shoes. 4. Safia Gaddafi The widow of Muammar –al – Gadaffi is filthy rich. Safia and her children after fleeing away from Libya, live in luxurious villa in pine forests west of Algiers.The ultra-luxurious Clube des Pins resort in the area is a notorious playground for the Algerian elite and a focus of popular anger against official corruption in the oil-rich state.She is known to possess 20 toms of gold as reported by International Coalition against War Criminals. However, she keeps a low profile. 5. Suzanne Mubarak The wife of Honsi Mubarak, Egypt's dictator, owns more than £3million of wealth.Suzanne, and two sons were able to accumulate wealth through a number of business partnerships with foreign investors and companies, dating back to when he was in the military and in a position to benefit from corporate corruption.She is now being probed for crimes against the state. 6. Sarah Amin Uganda's dictator, Idi Amin married Sara in a exorbitant £2million ceremony in 1975. 7. Simone Gbagbo Also known as the Iron lady, when her husband, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, came to power in 2000, Simone made it clear he was not the only one holding the reins and appointed her own relatives and friends to government posts.Now 61, she has reportedly been investigated by the UN for human rights abuses, including organising death squads. 8. Michele Duvalier The first lady of Haiti and ex wife of Jean-Claude Duvalier, married him in 1980 in a lavish wedding of US$3 million. The Duvalier regime terrorised its people and siphoned millions into European bank accounts.The couple fled with £300million for a luxury lifestyle on the French Riviera, complete with a Ferrari and multiple properties. 9. Mirjana Markovic Said to be the driving force in her marriage to Slobodan Milosevic – aka the “Butcher of the Balkans” – who died of a heart attack in 2006 while facing war crimes charges.After her husband's arrest, the sociology professor, 69, fled to Russia, but Serbian officials issued a warrant for her arrest for ordering the murder of a journalist.Now in exile in France, she is also accused of making millions through cigarette smuggling.She had a taste for caviar and would fly her own plastic surgeon in from Italy.

Know about the high lives of military rulers' first ladies

New Delhi: The first ladies of the dictators have stood by their partners even if they are facing international criticism.So, while the husbands are busy butchering the rebels, what do their better halves do?Enjoy a

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