CNBC: Asia Pacific's Highest-Paid Politicians

CNBC, 14 Feb 20111. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, SingaporeAnnual Salary: $2.2 MillionThe 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