World's Ten Most Corrupt Leaders
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
In September 1998, President Estrada said stealing would waste roughly 100 billion pesos (approximately USD2.5 billion), which translates to about 20% of the national budget proposed for 1999. In June 1999, President Estrada consistently applied this percentage, stating that 24.1 billion pesos (about USD600 million), or 20% of all government project funds spent the previous year, were lost to graft and corruption.
http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/corruptleaders.html
http://philippines.suite101.com/article.cfm/philippine_graft_and_corruption
"Corrupt political elites in the developing world, working hand-in-hand with greedy business people and unscrupulous investors, are putting private gain before the welfare of citizens and the economic development of their countries," says Peter Eigen, Chairman of Transparency International.
(cnn.com)
2 comments:
Woah, man! THAT will make the Philippines real famous! Yay us!
P.S. NOT
That's for the debate. On sunday. =))
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