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Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga (1930-1997), whose name means “the all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, will go from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake” was the second President of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1965 to 1997. During much of his time, Congo was known as Zaire. While in government, he had an authoritarian regime and made a lot of monetary corruption. He took away all the colonial cultural influence and was against communism. After his overthrow in 1997, he temporary exiled in a small country of Togo, but lived in Morocco most of the time. He forged over US$5 billion, making him the most corrupt leader from Africa during his time.

General Sani Abacha (1943-1998) was the tenth President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998. He was a kleptocrat who committed extensive human rights abuses. According to Swiss authorities, his family is a criminal organization, who had forged an estimated funds of US$ 3 billion to 4 billion.

Alberto Ken’ya Fujimori (born 1938) was the 90th President of Peru from 1990 to 2000. Even though he gave a stable macroeconomic system and finished terrorism from the country, yet he was authoritarian and abused human rights for which he was imprisoned. He is a Peruvian of Japanese descent and fled to Japan in 2000 because of the corruption scandal. He made an attempt to resign, but the Peruvian government wanted to impeach him for his crimes. He self-exiled but was caught in Chile and then extradited to Peru to face criminal charges. He forged US$ 600 million in funds approximately and is serving his sentence now.

Mohammad Suharto (1921-2008) was the second President of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998, resigning that year after huge protests by Indonesians. He held office for about 31 years and was sometimes popularly referred to in the media as Pak Harto. He along with his family and friends kept power through control of government enterprises and charities. According to the Transparency International, he is the number one most corrupt leader who forged funds of around US$15 billion to 35 billion.