#1 Kim Jong-Un
The problem with North Korea (well, one of many) is that the opaque nature of virtually all of their international relationships has created a wall between what we know and what actually goes on inside the tiny, often irrational, pariah state. Kim Jong-Un, North Korea’s 31-year-old leader is the youngest head of state in the world, a position he inherited from his late father Kim Jong-Il, who in turn inherited power from Un’s grandfather Kim Il-Sung. Like his father, Jong-Un allegedly has expensive taste. Shipments of luxury goods to North Korea have increased since he took over in 2011 – despite the fact that the average North Korean salary is $1,500 annually. He’s been described as a socially awkward alcoholic who likes to drink all night and party, and is a massive fan of NBA basketball. His relationship with former NBA superstar Dennis Rodman is on the shortlist for most unexpected and bizarre friendships in history – Rodman has called Un a ‘friend for life’.

What’s the distinguishing feature between Un and the other members on this list? Kim Jong-Un has access to nuclear weapons. Kim Jong-Un is more dangerous than your run of the mill corrupt leader because he was raised in this system; having the people around him act subservient is all he knows. Who knows what kind of deranged, narcissistic personality disorders the North Korean leader may have? In North Korea’s case, their actions internationally are a direct reflection of their leader’s desires. The corruption runs so deep in North Korea that it barely qualifies as corruption, but is instead a dictatorship. Of course it’s easy to say all of this from the outside, who knows what the North Korean people are aware of. With limited access to information, some of them may truly believe their ‘great leader’ is acting in their best interests.



#2 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is the leader of Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s poorest countries, but is also paradoxically one of the world’s wealthiest heads of state, with an estimated net worth of $600 million. For perspective, Barack Obama has a net worth of about $11.8 million. Equatorial Guinea, despite having some of Africa’s largest oil reserves, has one of the most underdeveloped infrastructures and poorest populations in the world – so where does the money go? The answer, at least from the outside, seems to be directly from the corporate accounts of Exxon Mobil and other oil companies straight into the pockets of Obiang and his family. Even though that sounds like hyperbole, it may be exactly the case. In 2003, Obiang announced that to combat corruption in public service jobs, he would be taking full control of the national treasury. He then withdrew half a billion dollars (that’s billion with a B) in state money from the national treasury and deposited it into accounts in his own name at Riggs Bank – which was later absorbed by PNC Financial Services in 2005 – a financial services company based in Washington D.C., effectively siphoning off all of the state’s money into his own pocket. In addition to draining the country’s accounts, he’s also been implicated in various human rights abuses, electoral fraud, nepotism, and using security contractors to maintain control over the country. Even ignoring all of this, one fact alone is enough to demonstrate what’s wrong with Obiang and Equatorial Guinea; the nation spends more money on presidential palaces than it does on social programs.
more at source: http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/world/5-of-the-worlds-most-corrupt-politicians
#3 Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan’s first and (thus far) only president after the American invasion and occupation from 2001, Hamid Karzai will soon be stepping down and relinquishing power to the winner of the upcoming elections. At the beginning of his 13-year reign, Afghanistan had been the battleground for a brief war between the USA and the Taliban, who controlled Afghanistan at the time. Even though the conventional war was short, the long, drawn out insurgency that followed would cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides. Hamid Karzai was the man who represented the new face of Afghanistan as the first political leader in the post-Taliban regime. He later went on to win Afghanistan’s first election of the 21st century in 2004. He’s been described as both an American puppet and a Taliban sympathizer, albeit at different times. His political reign over Afghanistan has been rife with allegations of voter fraud, bribery, and outright stealing from the national coffers. Karzai and his family have become very wealthy during his 2 terms as president, a fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Afghani public. Karzai’s half brother, Ashmed Wali Karzai, was accused of profiting and facilitating Afghanistan’s burgeoning opium trade with the President’s blessing (he was assassinated in 2011). Only time will tell if Afghanistan’s next leader will carry on Karzai’s legacy of corruption.

IN ANOTHER LIST:
World's Ten Most Corrupt Leaders1
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
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921295.html

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@ op, all these ones are still learners (L) when it comes to corruption as it relates to Nigerian politicians.

To most individuals in politics, personal intersts supercede popular interests.

The west controls the world media from BBC to CNN etc they manipulate information to there own benefits.

All the countries listed above are countries that are not in good terms with the west.


Just like they labelled Iraq and Libya with a bad name before eliminating there leaders.

Its not all you hear on bbc/CNN or any other media system controlled by the west you should believe.
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Where is GEj in this list abeg na lie !!!