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Highest-Paid Political Leaders In The World

Posted date: September 10, 2011 | 14 Comments

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

11.Jacob Zuma

President Of South Africa

Annual Salary- US$272,280

12.John Key

Prime Minister of New Zealand

Annual Salary- US$271,799

13.David Cameron

Prime Minister of United Kingdom

Annual Salary- US$215,390

14.Ma Ying-jeou

President of Taiwan(Republic Of China)

Annual Salary- US$184,200

15.Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea

Annual Salary- US$136,669

16.Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

President Of Indonesia

Annual Salary- US$124,171

17.Shimon Peres

President Of Israel

Annual Salary- US$120,814

18.Dmitry Medvedev

President Of Russia

Annual Salary- US$115,000

Source: Economist.com

Dee

Wow guys! Me I wish I could afford a lunch even worth a dollar. Not easy for some…
Jayden85

OMG…….! Just to say da least, speechless beyond words if @ all Raila is pocketing this amount, shame to him & da entire members of parliament! It’s not about da affordability rather than principle, if developed nations leaders e.eg US, UK, Germany, France & others with such high GDP’s for instance can result to pay a rreasonable p/age for their leader I hate to say….kenya is one useless country (by da way am kenyan too!!)..am appalled beyond belief….disgusted even to even think about it…for God’s sake how do some people even sleep @ night??????????…………..
LightME

This can’t be true about Raila Odinga! The pay rise is about the country’s President Mwai Kibaki, this website obviously got its facts wrong! There is NO WAY possible that Mr. Odinga is paid more than Mr. Kibaki. With all the political tension, this would imply that Odinga has more power than Kibaki! Mr. Odinga did reject the pay rise in 2010 but Mr Kibaki did not, he is the one on the list, not the country’s Prime Minister
E. Etah

In most countries, the benefits of pdts, vps, pms, mps, minsters, secretaries of state and other government officials comes with benefits that pale their salaries. Nigeria, Cameroon, France… are examples. This article is junk. Sorry.