1. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, Singapore
Annual Salary: $2.2 Million
The Prime Minister of Singapore not only takes the title of Asia’s best-paid politician, but he is also far and away the highest paid politician anywhere in the world.
In July 2010, The Economist magazine put his annual salary at nearly $2.2 million dollars. That’s roughly 6 times the salary of United States President Barack Obama.
But it’s not just the Prime Minister in Singapore earning big bucks.
The average Singapore minister takes home a salary in excess of $1 million dollars, making them the highest paid politicians in the world.
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