Political corruption

Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the second and longest-serving president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto led Indonesia as an authoritarian regime from 1967 until his resignation in 1998 following nationwide unrest. His 31-year dictatorship is considered one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century: he was central to the perpetration of mass killings against alleged communists and subsequent persecution of ethnic Chinese, Islamists, irrelig

thumb|Giving money illegally or unethically to influence a person's behavior is a form of bribery. Bribery is the corrupt solicitation, payment, or acceptance of a private favor (a bribe) in exchange for official action. The purpose of a bribe is to influence the actions of the recipient, a person in charge of an official duty, to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity.

Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 (1930 – 1997)

political science term for a politically unstable country

thumb|upright=1.2|Detail from Corrupt Legislation, painting by Elihu Vedder (1896)

situation occurring when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation

thumb|upright|Boundaries drawn to apportion five "districts" result in varying color majorities, including no yellow and 5 blue (top left), 3 yellow and 2 blue (top right), and 2 yellow and 3 blue (lower examples matching "voter" proportions).

use of power by government officials for illegitimate private gain

Italian political corruption scandal in the 1990s

In ethics and governance, accountability is equated with answerability, culpability, liability, and the expectation of account-giving.

Kakistocracy ( ) is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.

capitalism featuring undue alliances between business interests and politicians

commission of an unlawful act in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties

Astroturfing is the deceptive practice of hiding the sponsors of an orchestrated message or organization to make it appear as though it originates from, and is supported by, unsolicited grassroots participants. It is a practice intended to give the statements or organizations credibility by withholding information about the source's financial backers.

Clientelism or client politics is the exchange of goods and services for political support, often involving an implicit or explicit quid-pro-quo. It is closely related to patronage politics and vote buying.

Rent-seeking is the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating public policy or economic conditions without creating new wealth. Rent-seeking activities have negative effects on the rest of society. They result in reduced economic efficiency through misallocation of resources, stifled competition, reduced wealth creation, lost government revenue, heightened income inequality, heightened debt levels, risk of growing corruption and cronyism, decreased public trust in institutions, and potential national decline.

election

presidential election of Afghanistan

form of lobbying

corrupt government failure in which regulations are written in favour of private interests

state system where the government is tied with organized crime

where private interests influence a state's decision-making processes

college of the European Commission from January 1995 to March 1999

alleged slush fund operated by the North Korean government

type of political group dedicated to recruiting voters for a particular candidate, characteristic of large American cities from the 1860s to the 1970s

practice of government regulators being employed later by the affected industries and vice versa

Ukrainian politician and top-manager, Head of the Board and CEO of “Naftogaz of Ukraine” NJSC

incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers

thumb|upright|Panamanian leader [[Manuel Noriega, following his arrest by U.S. authorities]]

person who carries out assignments or solves problems for others

illegal activities done by North Korea

Austrian journalist and politician

fraud involving complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds, overstating revenues, understating expenses, overstating the value of corporate assets, or underreporting the existence of liabilities

political catchphrase

effort to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing specific groups of people from voting

political crisis in Bulgaria

government intervention to save failing businesses at the expense of taxpayers

Polish politician

2023–2024 fundraising and corruption scandal in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

mode of political funding in India

American politician from New York

annual assessment of the quality of governance in African countries

a working group within the US federal government

Bankocracy (from the English word bank and Ancient Greek κράτος - kratos, "power, rule") or trapezocracy (from Greek τράπεζα - trapeza, "bank") is a polemic term referring to the excessive power or influence of banks on public policy-making. It can also refer to a form of government where financial institutions rule society.

Flemish politician

Catchphrase involving political corruption