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.
18 1.Lee Hsien Loong
Prime Minister Of Singapore
Annual Salary- US$2,856,930 (S$3,870,000)
17 2.Donald Tsang
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Annual Salary- US$513,245
16 3.Raila Odinga
Prime Minister of Kenya
Annual Salary- US$427,886
15 4.Barack Obama
President Of United States
Annual Salary- US$400,000
14 5.Nicolas Sarkozy
President of France
Annual Salary- US$345,423 (€240,000)
13 6.Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Annual Salary- US$296,400
12 7.Mary McAleese
President of Ireland
Annual Salary- US$287,900
11 8.Julia Gillard
Prime Minister of Australia
Annual Salary- US$286,752
10 9.Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
Annual Salary- US$283,608
9 10.Naoto Kan
Prime Minister of Japan
Annual Salary- US$273,676
8 11.Jacob Zuma
President Of South Africa
Annual Salary- US$272,280
7 12.John Key
Prime Minister of New Zealand
Annual Salary- US$271,799
6 13.David Cameron
Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Annual Salary- US$215,390
5 14.Ma Ying-jeou
President of Taiwan(Republic Of China)
Annual Salary- US$184,200
4 15.Lee Myung-bak
President of South Korea
Annual Salary- US$136,669
3 16.Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President Of Indonesia
Annual Salary- US$124,171
2 17.Shimon Peres
President Of Israel
Annual Salary- US$120,814
1 18.Dmitry Medvedev
President Of Russia
Annual Salary- US$115,000
Source: Economist.com
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