MACHTHABER - German spelling dictionary

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der(die) Mạcht·ha·ber (Mạcht·ha·be·rin) <-s, ->

POL oft pej

die Personen, die in einem Land diktatorisch herrschen

Die Machthaber dieses Landes waren nicht zu Verhandlungen bereit.

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totalitäre Machthaber/Regimes/Staaten: totalitäre Machthaber/Regimes/Staaten

Die Machthaber dieses Landes waren nicht zu Verhandlungen bereit.: Die Machthaber dieses Landes waren nicht zu Verhandlungen bereit.

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Dank seiner vorzüglichen Sprachkenntnisse stieg er zu einer Schlüsselfigur auf in der Kommunikation zwischen den japanischen Behörden bzw. Machthabern und den Europäern im Land.

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Die staatlichen Strukturen brachen immer mehr zusammen und Militärkommandeure leisteten lokalen Machthabern Gefolgschaft oder agierten auf eigene Rechnung.

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Nachdem der sassanidische König besiegt war, machten sich die neuen Machthaber daran, das gesamte Reich zu unterwerfen oder zumindest tributpflichtig zu machen.

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Es handelt sich zugleich um das größte bestehende Mausoleum, das einem kommunistischen Machthaber gewidmet ist.

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Dabei wird sie für ihren "persönlichen Mut und eine Anhebung der politischen Kultur" durch ihre "kritische Haltung zu Machthabern aller Art" gewürdigt.

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