Sunday, December 18, 2011

HIGHEST PAID POLITICAL LEADERS IN THE WORLD

1.LEE HSIEN LOONG
 
                                    Annual salary: US$
   Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s decision to set up a committee to review ministers’ salaries comes four years after the pay package was criticized in parliament by Sylvia Lim of the opposition Workers’ Party. This video shows what she said, speaking as a non-constituency member of parliament.

2.DONALD Tsang
    
Loong came top of a recent report from CNBC that ranked the highest-earning politicians in Asia-Pacific. That's six times more than U.S President Obama earns.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang pulls in US$530,000, 30 times Chinese President Hu Jintao's salary of US$18,000.
But not all are in it for the money.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak makes US$137,000 annually, which he pledged to the underprivileged, having already built up a personal fortune of US$31 million as former Hyundai CEO.
The list:
1. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, Singapore -- US$2.2 million
2. Donald Tsang, Chief Executive, Hong Kong -- US$530,000
3. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia -- US$345,000
4. John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand -- US$290,000
5. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan -- US$273,000
6. Ma Ying-jeou, President of Taiwan -- US$184,000
7. Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea -- US$137,000
8. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia -- US$124,000


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

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