World’s Ten Most Corrupt Leaders*
Wow, Filipinos can claim 2 out of 10 places!
Name - Position - Estimates of funds allegedly embezzled - (in U.S. $)
**
1. Mohamed Suharto - President of Indonesia (1967–1998) - $15 to 35
billion
2. Ferdinand Marcos - President of the Philippines (1972–1986) - 5 to
10 billion
3. Mobutu Sese Seko - President of Zaire (1965–1997) - 5 billion
4. Sani Abacha - President of Nigeria (1993–1998) - 2 to 5 billion
5. Slobodan Milosevic - President of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1989–2000) -
1 billion
6. Jean-Claude Duvalier - President of Haiti (1971–1986) - 300 to 800
million
7. Alberto Fujimori - President of Peru (1990–2000) - 600 million
8. Pavlo Lazarenko - Prime Minister of Ukraine (1996–1997) - 114 to
200 million
9. Arnoldo Alemán - President of Nicaragua (1997–2002) - 100 million
10. Joseph Estrada - President of the Philippines (1998–2001) - 78 to
80 million
*Defined as former political leaders who have been accused of
embezzling the most funds from their countries over the past two
decades.
**All sums are estimates of alleged embezzlement.
Source: Transparency International Global Corruption Report 2004
