Dictator affected by the French Revolution, initially (6)

I believe the answer is:

hitler

'dictator' is the definition.
(Hitler is an example)

'affected by the french revolution initially' is the wordplay.
'affected by' becomes 'hit'.
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'revolution' is 'r'.
'hit'+'le'+'r'='HITLER'

(Other definitions for hitler that I've seen before include "German dictator" , "Nazi dictator" , "German Chancellor and Fuhrer, nineteen thirty three to nineteen forty five" , "Adolf, who made people heil" , "German F?hrer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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