Highest-Paid Political Leaders In The World
>> Wednesday, October 15, 2014
In 2010 Kenya’s prime minister, rejected the pay increase he was awarded by the country’s parliament. MPs had granted Mr Odinga a raise to nearly $430,000 a year, while giving themselves a 25% increase to $161,000. This boost placed Mr Odinga among the highest-paid political leaders in the world. More worryingly, his salary would be some 240 times greater than the country’s GDP per person (measured on a purchasing-power parity basis).
Lee Hsien Loong, the prime minister of Singapore, tops the list of selected leaders’ salaries. He is paid more than 40 times the city-state’s GDP per person. At the other end of the scale, Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India, reaffirms his reputation for saintliness by taking a modest sum of US$4,106 annually from Indian taxpayers.
1.Lee Hsien Loong
Prime Minister Of Singapore
Annual Salary- US$2,856,930 (S$3,870,000)
2.Donald Tsang
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Annual Salary- US$513,245
3.Raila Odinga
Prime Minister of Kenya
Annual Salary- US$427,886
4.Barack Obama
President Of United States
Annual Salary- US$400,000
5.Nicolas Sarkozy
President of France
Annual Salary- US$345,423 (€240,000)
6.Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Annual Salary- US$296,400
7.Mary McAleese
President of Ireland
Annual Salary- US$287,900
8.Julia Gillard
Prime Minister of Australia
Annual Salary- US$286,752
9.Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
Annual Salary- US$283,608
10.Naoto Kan
Prime Minister of Japan
Annual Salary- US$273,676
