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27 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Europeโ€™s last dictator, has been named 2021โ€™s Person of the Year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project in recognition of all he has done to advance organized criminal activity & corruption. occrp.org/en/poy/2021/
Other Finalists:

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซFormer President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พPresident of Syria Bashar Al-Assad
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทPresident of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นFormer Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz
Last year's 'winner' was Bolsonaro.

Last year's other finalists:

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTrump
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทErdogan
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆKolomoisky

"Bolsonaro narrowly beat two other populist leaders, U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Erdogan, for the dubious prize. Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky completed the list of finalists."
2019: Joseph Muscat
2018: Danske Bank
2017: Rodrigo Duterte
2016: Nicolรกs Maduro
2015: Milo Djukanovic
2014: Vladimir Putin
2013: Romanian Parliament
2012: Ilham Aliyev

Person of the Year
occrp.org/en/poy/

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ICYMI.๐Ÿ‘‡

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