Politics: The Rich President Of The Poor CountryIlham 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. |