The issue of the salary of top government officials is not only of concern to Russians. On November 15, the French newspaper Echos published research data from the Statista international center on this highly interesting topic. Here is a ranking of heads of state with the largest salaries in the world.
10. Matteo Renzi (Italy)
The salary of the chairman of the Italian Council of Ministers is not considered to be very high among world leaders - he receives a modest $ 125,000 annually. Despite the fact that the Renzi government has proclaimed a policy of cutting administrative costs, Matteo himself is not shy about using state jets to travel to ski resorts. The contrast is particularly striking compared to the behavior of the recently elected President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, who prefers to travel by public transport (and even takes a tram).
9. Vladimir Putin (Russia)
The salary of the President of the Russian Federation in 2016 by world standards is not so big - only 136 000 dollars. Before the crisis of 2014-2015, it was 10% more, however, Vladimir Vladimirovich decided to cut it - apparently, in order to solidify with Russian workers.
8. Francois Hollande (France)
France was nestled in a modest eighth place - Francois' salary for the year is $ 194,000. She would have been bigger, but Hollande decided to cut his own salary by a third, thus celebrating the assumption of presidential powers. A worthy example to officials.
7. Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey)
Erdogan’s chair, though staggering under him during an attempted coup in 2016, has survived. Therefore, he will continue to receive his 197,000 dollars each year.
6. Shinzo Abe (Japan)
The youngest prime minister in the history of Japan with a firm hand leads the country along the path of very peculiar economic reforms, for their uniqueness even called "abenomics." For this, he receives a salary of $ 203,000 a year.
5. Theresa May (England)
The second woman in the history of Great Britain as the head of state, who took office just recently - in July 2016, when the then Prime Minister David Cameron, excited about the results of Brexit, decided to shake the ashes of this ungrateful country from his feet. Teresa's salary is currently $ 215,000. I wonder if she will be able to save her against the backdrop of the consequences of Brexit and Scotland's possible independence?
4. Jacob Zuma (South Africa)
The only African country in the ranking takes the fourth place in the salary of its president - every year Jacob receives $ 223,000. And he has big expenses - after all, the president has no less than 8 wives (but only 5 of them are official) and 18 children.
3. Angela Merkel (Germany)
A country that is in the top 10 European countries by wealth (and occupies the sixth place there) can allow its leader to pay as it should. Angels' salary is $ 234,000.
2. Justin Trudeau (Canada)
In second place was the Canadian leader, Justin Trudeau. Although Canada is geographically close to the United States, it also has a lower pipe and smoother smoke. And the Canadian president receives almost half that of his American counterpart - only 260,000 dollars.
1. Barack Obama (USA)
And the leader in the presidential salary rating was Barack Obama - it turned out that the first African-American president annually costs the US treasury $ 400,000. By the way, his successor, Donald Trump, said that he intends to receive a purely symbolic salary of $ 1. However, Donald can afford such a broad gesture. His fortune in November 2016 totals $ 3.7 billion. Against this background, the $ 400,000 salary of US President Obama looks, of course, pale.
