Politics and government
Richard Tice
British businessman and politician, Reform UK leader and former Leave.EU/Leave Means Leave leader.
9 controversies · 19 sources
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Politics and government
Robert Habeck
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Campaign videos about 'democracy' in Bavaria and Thuringia, followed by withdrawal from Twitter/Facebook” and “Trip to Qatar to secure gas: criticism over dependence on authoritarian regime”.
9 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Rosen Zhelyazkov
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Kostinbrod ballot case: charged with failure of oversight, then fully acquitted” and “Sofia Airport concession: prosecutorial review, opposition allegations and challenges to concessionaire selection”.
9 controversies · 20 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
S. Jaishankar
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “India–Canada crisis following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and diplomatic expulsions” and “Defence of purchases of Russian oil despite the war in Ukraine, sanctions and Western pressure”.
9 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Sébastien Lecornu
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2016–2023: PNF investigation into concurrent Eure/SAPN roles — questioned as suspect, €7,874 repaid and case closed without trial” and “2021: third New Caledonia independence referendum maintained despite COVID crisis and pro-independence boycott”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Selahattin Demirtaş
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Prolonged detention: repeated violations found by ECHR and calls for release” and “Kobané trial: 42-year prison sentence in 2024 in contested mass trial”.
9 controversies · 20 sources3 convictions4 formal charges
Politics and government
Taro Aso
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Remarks about elderly people in poor health: "Why should I pay?"” and “"Let them hurry up and die": end-of-life care controversy”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Tsai Ing-wen
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2016–2018: Pension reform and mass demonstrations by civil servants and military personnel” and “2016–2018: Successive labour law reforms criticised over rest days and working-hours flexibility”.
9 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Valérie Pécresse
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Solidarity transport discount: proposal to withdraw reduction from AME recipients and incorrect figures” and “Navigo pass price increase despite campaign promise to maintain the fare at 70 euros”.
9 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Vince Cable
Economist, former British Business Secretary and former Liberal Democrat leader.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Vincenzo De Luca
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Salerno waste-to-energy plant: first-instance conviction for abuse of office followed by complete acquittal” and “Antimafia 'impresentabili' list and direct confrontation with Rosy Bindi”.
9 controversies · 11 sources3 formal charges
Politics and government
Virginia Raggi
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Chaotic start to term: series of resignations and dispute over cabinet appointments” and “Paola Muraro: Raggi knew from July that waste councillor was under investigation”.
9 controversies · 12 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
William Hague
Former Conservative Party leader and Foreign Secretary, subsequently a member of the House of Lords.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Abdelilah Benkirane
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Pension reform: higher retirement age and major trade union mobilisation” and “Government deadlock after 2016 elections and replacement by the king”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Politics and government
Adam Bandt
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Handling internal warnings about Lidia Thorpe: criticism of complaint management and information flow” and “Removal of Australian flag from Greens press conferences”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Adel al-Jubeir
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Diplomatic crisis with Canada following criticism of activists' arrests” and “Official statements on Khashoggi's murder and initial account of a "rogue operation"”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Science, medicine and healthPolitics and government
Ahn Cheol-soo
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “AhnLab warrants: criminal breach of trust complaint and prosecutorial review” and “Clemency petition for Chey Tae-won revealed after his strong statements against economic crimes”.
8 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Ajit Pawar
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Irrigation scandal: extensive allegations followed by ACB clearance in the cases examined” and “Drought: 'urinate into the dam' remark and joke about births during power cuts, followed by apologies”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Alexander Stubb
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Incorrect '90%' Figure Given to Parliament” and “Support for Fennovoima/Rosatom Nuclear Project, Later Acknowledged as a Mistake”.
8 controversies · 9 sources
Politics and government
Ali Larijani
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Culture and public broadcasting: stricter censorship followed by accusations of political bias at IRIB” and “Parliamentary investigation into IRIB accounts and alleged financial irregularities under his leadership”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Artur Mas
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Austerity cuts in healthcare and education and mass demonstrations” and “9-N: criminal conviction for disobedience, reduced to 13 months' disqualification”.
8 controversies · 18 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Attilio Fontana
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “'Razza bianca': immigration speech about 'disappearance' of white race” and “Protective gowns/PPE affair: contract with brother-in-law's company, fraud investigation followed by dismissal”.
8 controversies · 9 sources
Politics and government
Avigdor Lieberman
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2001 conviction for assaulting a 12-year-old boy” and “Fraud and breach of trust trial in Ben-Aryeh case, followed by unanimous acquittal”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Benny Gantz
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Criminal investigation into Fifth Dimension, company he chaired, ultimately closed” and “Joining then resigning from Netanyahu's war government amid strategic disagreement”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
MusicPolitics and government
Bob Geldof
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Live 8 Criticised for the Near-Absence of African Artists from Its Main Line-Ups” and “Split with Parts of Make Poverty History Following His Enthusiastic Support for the G8 Compromise”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Brice Hortefeux
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Creation of Ministry of Immigration and National Identity” and “DNA tests in family reunification and tighter immigration legislation”.
8 controversies · 14 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and government
Carl Bildt
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Role on Lundin Oil Board During Sudan Operations and Testimony at Trial” and “Vostok Nafta/Gazprom Options and Suspected Conflicts of Interest”.
8 controversies · 10 sources
MusicPolitics and government
Carla Bruni
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Reaction to Silvio Berlusconi's joke about Barack Obama: 'happy to have become French'” and “'Born HIV Free' campaign: contracts awarded without tender to a close associate”.
8 controversies · 13 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Carles Puigdemont
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2017 procés: criminal investigation, arrest warrant and departure for Belgium after unilateral declaration” and “Arrest in Germany: extradition accepted only for misuse of public funds, refused for rebellion, then European warrant withdrawn”.
8 controversies · 15 sources1 formal charge
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesPolitics and government
Chun Doo-hwan
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “12 December 1979 military coup and final conviction for mutiny and treason” and “Bloody suppression of the Gwangju uprising and historical and judicial responsibility”.
8 controversies · 14 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and government
Claude Guéant
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Statements that increasing number of Muslims 'poses a problem'” and “'Guéant circular' restricting employment access for foreign graduates”.
8 controversies · 16 sources3 convictions
Politics and government
Douglas Carswell
Former British MP who moved from the Conservatives to UKIP and then became independent, and a figure in the Brexit campaign.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Elisabeth Baume-Schneider
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Disputed handling of tensions at asylum centres” and “Response to concerns in Chiasso perceived as dismissive”.
8 controversies · 8 sources
Politics and government
Enda Kenny
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Handling of the Garda Whistleblower Crisis” and “Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan's Departure Following Senior Official's Visit to His Home”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Éric Woerth
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “50 % tax shield and 'tax package' criticised for favouring wealthiest taxpayers” and “Combining Budget Minister and UMP treasurer roles while wife worked for Bettencourt wealth manager”.
8 controversies · 15 sources2 formal charges
Politics and government
Filip Dewinter
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Author of the '70-point plan' on immigration, emblematic of Vlaams Blok's anti-immigration position” and “Kif Kif and MRAX complaint alleging incitement to hatred and discrimination after interview about Islam”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
François Bayrou
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1993–1994: reform of private education funding, Constitutional Council censure and mass mobilisation for state education” and “April 2002: slapping a child during a campaign visit to Strasbourg”.
8 controversies · 18 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
François de Rugy
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Left-wing primary: breaks pledge to support winner Benoît Hamon” and “National Assembly: ban on conspicuous religious symbols and political messages in chamber”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Secret Weapons Factory Project in Saudi Arabia” and “'Open Your Hearts' Speech and Debate over the Cost of Receiving Refugees”.
8 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Fumio Kishida
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “State funeral for Shinzo Abe despite majority public opposition” and “Crisis over LDP links with the Unification Church”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Authoritarian consolidation: exclusion of parties, extensive security apparatus and thousands of political prisoners” and “Nationalisation of the press and control of information”.
8 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Geert Wilders
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Fitna film and trial over anti-Islam statements: acquittal” and “Proposed 'kopvoddentaks': annual tax on headscarves”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and government
Geoffrey Cox
British barrister (KC), Conservative MP and former Attorney General.
8 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
Gerhard Schröder
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Agenda 2010 and Hartz reforms: social rupture and lasting crisis within SPD” and “Putin portrayed as a democrat: controversy over political closeness to Kremlin”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Gerry Adams
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Arrest in Investigation into Jean McConville's Abduction and Murder” and “Civil Action over IRA Bombings Withdrawn in 2026”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Gideon Saar
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2013 anonymous letter accusing Saar of sexual misconduct: preliminary investigation, document declared false and no wrongdoing found” and “Return to Netanyahu government after leaving Likud and seeking to replace him”.
8 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and governmentJustice, police and intelligence
Hakan Fidan
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2012 judicial crisis over MİT's secret contacts with PKK” and “Allegation that MİT exposed an Israel-linked intelligence network to Iran”.
8 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Han Dong-hoon
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Channel A case: suspicions of prosecutor-media collusion, investigation then case closed against Han” and “Controversies over his daughter's academic work and school record, followed by decisions not to prosecute”.
8 controversies · 19 sources