The World's All-Time Most Corrupt Leaders

Imelda in Newsweek's Most Greedy List

 

Head of Government: Joseph Estrada
Country/Term of Office: President of Philippines, 1998-2001
Allegedly Embezzled: $78 million to $80 million
GDP Per Capita: $912
Source: Transparency International, Global Corruption Report 2004

Head of Government: Ferdinand Marcos
Country/Term of Office: President of Philippines, 1972-86
Allegedly Embezzled: $5 billion to $10 billion
GDP Per Capita: $912
Source: Transparency International, Global Corruption Report 2004
World's Ten Most Corrupt Leaders¹
"Their corruption has contributed to their countries' low economic status, placing them among the poorest on the planet"(Forbes magazine)

Name	Position	Funds embezzled2
1. Mohamed Suharto	President of Indonesia (1967–1998)	$15–35 billion
2. Ferdinand Marcos	President of the Philippines (1972–1986)	5–10 billion
3. Mobutu Sese Seko	President of Zaire (1965–1997)	5 billion
4. Sani Abacha	President of Nigeria (1993–1998)	2–5 billion
5. Slobodan Milosevic	President of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1989–2000)	1 billion
6. Jean-Claude Duvalier	President of Haiti (1971–1986)	300–800 million
7. Alberto Fujimori	President of Peru (1990–2000)	600 million
8. Pavlo Lazarenko	Prime Minister of Ukraine (1996–1997)	114–200 million
9. Arnoldo Alemán	President of Nicaragua (1997–2002)	100 million
10. Joseph Estrada	President of the Philippines (1998–2001)	78–80 million

1. Defined as former political leaders who have been accused of embezzling the most funds from their countries over the past two decades.

2. All sums are estimates of alleged embezzlement and appear in U.S. dollars.

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EQ POLL:In Your Opinion,Who Is The Worst President In Recent Philippine History?

Ferdinand Marcos	87 (12%)
Corazon Aquino	19 (2%)
Fidel Ramos	86 (12%)
Joseph Estrada	89 (12%)
Gloria Arroyo	359 (50%)
All of the Above!	65 (9%)

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