FIDE is actually hilariously corrupt, it makes FIFA look pretty clean. This is their leader:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_IlyumzhinovHighlights include his belief that he was abducted by aliens, his various chess related manifestos when running for political office, playing chess with Gadaffi amidst the Libyan Civil War, his belief he was creating an "extra sensory field" with his mind that he used to communicate on a subconscious level and his attempts to build an entire chess themed city.
Actually looking a the board is pretty fun. Let's see what happens when we google their names.
https://ratings.fide.com/fide_directory.phtml?content=35One of the other board members is Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nehyan, son of the Abu Dhabi leader. Then there is Dr. Aguinaldo Jaime of Angola:
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