Politics:

The Rich President Of The Poor Country

Ilham Aliev's salary is 20 times as much as the salary of Robert Kocharyan and 4 times as much the salary of Vladimir Putin.

October 3, 2005
From now on the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev will receive a salary of 90 million manats or approximately 19600 US dollars, which makes 239 thousand dollars per year. With this increased salary Ilham Aliev becomes the highest-paid president in CIS and one of the highest-paid presidents in the world. Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that by living standards Azerbaijan is behind the half of African states.
 
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