He is the only country head in the world whose income is over US$1 million!
SINGAPORE: Forbes recently published a list of the highest-paid country heads in the world, and perhaps to no one’s surprise, the Prime Minister of Singapore took the number one spot.
Forbes wrote that his salary stands at “1,158 per cent of the per-capita GDP of the city-state of US$141,500” . He earns approximately as much as the combined annual salaries of the next four country heads on Forbes’ list. Forbes noted that should the salaries of the leaders of non-sovereign states be taken into consideration as well, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, John Lee Ka-chiu, come in second to PM Wong. His salary is US$700,000 per year.
The salaries of the President, Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, political appointment holders, and Members of Parliament , including Non-Constituency MPs and Nominated MPs were covered in the review.
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