But none of us know that he adopted a little African girl in North Korea. Monica Macias's father was the president and the greatest dictator in the history of Equatorial Guinea, sent her abroad for her own safety, shortly before he was executed by firing squad.
Then came a still more surreal twist - Monica Macias ended up in North Korea being brought up by a man she calls her "adoptive father" - the dictator Kim Il-sung.
Now living in London - she's written about her extraordinary life story - from growing up in Pyongyang, North Korea, to her travels around the world.
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