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Top 10 Most Corrupt Leaders That Ever Lived. [A Thread]
1. Mohamed Suharto, President of Indonesia (1967 – 1998)
He ruled Indonesia for 31 years, Suharto tops the list of most corrupt leaders of all time with an amassed fortune of between $15 billion and $35 billion.
![Top 10 Most Corrupt Leaders That Ever Lived. [A Thread]1. Mohamed Suharto, President of Indonesia (1967 – 1998)He ruled Indonesia for 31 years, Suharto tops the list of most corrupt leaders of all time with an amassed fortune of between $15 billion and $35 billion.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfNNTO2WsAAJnRH.jpg "Top 10 Most Corrupt Leaders That Ever Lived. [A Thread]1. Mohamed Suharto, President of Indonesia (1967 – 1998)He ruled Indonesia for 31 years, Suharto tops the list of most corrupt leaders of all time with an amassed fortune of between $15 billion and $35 billion.")
1. Mohamed Suharto, President of Indonesia (1967 – 1998)
He ruled Indonesia for 31 years, Suharto tops the list of most corrupt leaders of all time with an amassed fortune of between $15 billion and $35 billion.
2. Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1965 – 1986)
Labelled one of the world’s most corrupt leaders, Marcos was elected the 10th President of the Philippine’s ruled for 21 years. In his years in office, he allegedly embezzled between $5 billion and $10 billion.
Labelled one of the world’s most corrupt leaders, Marcos was elected the 10th President of the Philippine’s ruled for 21 years. In his years in office, he allegedly embezzled between $5 billion and $10 billion.
3. Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (1965 – 1997)
During his 32 years in office, he allegedly embezzled over $4 billion to $5 billion and his negligent administration drowned the country into hyperinflation (4,000% p.a. by 1991).
During his 32 years in office, he allegedly embezzled over $4 billion to $5 billion and his negligent administration drowned the country into hyperinflation (4,000% p.a. by 1991).
4. Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria (1993 – 1998)
He ruled the country for 5 years and allegedly embezzled as much as $2 billion to $5 billion while in office.
Till date, over $2.5 billion has been returned from Switzerland and US. More cases are still pending.
He ruled the country for 5 years and allegedly embezzled as much as $2 billion to $5 billion while in office.
Till date, over $2.5 billion has been returned from Switzerland and US. More cases are still pending.
5. Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia (1987 to 2011)
Ben Ali became Tunisia’s second president in November 1987 after Habib Bourguiba and went ahead to rule the African country for 23 years straight a time he allegedly embezzled between $1 billion to $2.6 billion
Ben Ali became Tunisia’s second president in November 1987 after Habib Bourguiba and went ahead to rule the African country for 23 years straight a time he allegedly embezzled between $1 billion to $2.6 billion
6. Slobodan Milosevic, President of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1989 – 2000)
During his reign, Milosevic allegedly embezzled more than $1 billion and as reported by The Guardian in 2001, Yugoslavia’s central bank speculated that as much as $4 billion had been taken.
During his reign, Milosevic allegedly embezzled more than $1 billion and as reported by The Guardian in 2001, Yugoslavia’s central bank speculated that as much as $4 billion had been taken.
7. Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti (1971 – 1986)
In his 15-year reign, ex-president of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier and his cronies allegedly amassed between $300 million and $800 million placing him at No. 7 on the list of most corrupt leaders.
In his 15-year reign, ex-president of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier and his cronies allegedly amassed between $300 million and $800 million placing him at No. 7 on the list of most corrupt leaders.
8. Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru (1990 – 2000)
Though he was credited for many good deeds such as crushing uprising insurgencies and rescuing the country from economic collapse, he allegedly looted over $600 million in public fund.
Though he was credited for many good deeds such as crushing uprising insurgencies and rescuing the country from economic collapse, he allegedly looted over $600 million in public fund.
9. Pavlo Lazarenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine (1996 – 1997)
The former and 5th prime minister of Ukraine allegedly embezzled between $114 – $200 million in his 1 year in office. This was unveiled in an official count by the United Nation showing that $200 million was syphoned.
The former and 5th prime minister of Ukraine allegedly embezzled between $114 – $200 million in his 1 year in office. This was unveiled in an official count by the United Nation showing that $200 million was syphoned.
10. Arnoldo Alemán, President of Nicaragua (1997 – 2002)
Despite the poor state of his country, Arnoldo Alemán looted millions of dollars and was arrested shortly after his tenor in office, on corruption charges involving $100 million of state-owned funds, according to BBC.
Despite the poor state of his country, Arnoldo Alemán looted millions of dollars and was arrested shortly after his tenor in office, on corruption charges involving $100 million of state-owned funds, according to BBC.
