0 a leader who makes himself or herself rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people:
He is listed as the greatest ever kleptocrat, alleged to have stolen up to $15 billion while in office.
Much of that money goes straight to line the pockets of the military kleptocrats who rule that country.
Mbutu was a corrupt kleptocrat, whose regime was propped up by the west because he was a pro-western corrupt kleptocrat.
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May 10, 2021
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