Despots, Dictators, Revolutionaries & Rebels

Nice example!

Thanks walk2dwater, I never ever thought my thread/topic would reach almost 12 pages

Inspired by walk2dwater's 10 sucre on another thread

Sebastian de Benalcazar 1479/80-1551
One of the many Spanish Conquistadors who helped colonise South America, born in Cordoba, Spain, he is thought to have either sailed with Columbus to The New World in 1498 or another account suggests that Benalcazar fled Spain for The West Indies in 1507 to avoid conviction for stealing a mule.
He worked (or plundered?) his way through Panama, Nicaragua (where he became a Mayor) and Honduras before making his way to Peru.
He then helped conquer & establish the city of San Francisco de Quito.
After defeating the Inca leader there, the locals decided to hide their treasures.
The village of Quinche fared worse, after Benalcazar found very little treasure he decided to kill every woman & child there.
He then headed for Colombia in search of 'El Dorado' where the King made him Governor of Popayan, land squabbles & vendettas with other Conquistadors ensued, resulting in Benalcazar ordering the illegal execution of a rival, he was sentenced to death himself but died beforehand.
An ambitious despot?

Ecuador 10 Sucre (1988)

@walk2dwater, Benalcazar helped establish the city of Quito, or San Francisco de Quito as it was known.

Hey, no worries walk2dwater

Kenneth Kaunda (1924-present)
The 1st President of Zambia, in power from 1964 until 1991, he was at the forefront of the struggle for Independence from Great Britain.
Spending a spell in jail and organising civil disobedience, KK's United National Independence Party gained power in 1964, leading reforms in the education system & investing in infrastructure he eventually turned Zambia into a one-party state.
Viewed as an authoritarian ruler, with all opposition parties at one time banned, he was the sole candidate in the 1973 General Election.
A 'personality cult' surrounded KK, similar to other African leaders around that time.
He tried to obtain nuclear missiles from the USA but was turned down by Lyndon B Johnson, the Soviet Union sold him 16 MiG-21 jets in 1980, raising eyebrows in the USA.
Economic troubles & increasing pressure for more democracy in Africa came to a head in 1990 with 3 days of rioting in the Zambian capital, KK was finally defeated the following year & stepped aside.
His opposition to the new leadership boiled over with an attempted coup in 1997.
In 1999 KK was declared stateless & stripped of Zambian citizenship, reinstated on appeal the following year.
KK is on this Zambia 10 Kwacha (ND 1990)

Or at least the Republica Srbska variant of the same. I would have been surprised to see Sarajevo honor him, given his agitation against the Muslims. I don't know whether the Bosnian Croats view the Austro-Hungarian period particularly favorably.

Very nice!