# World’s highest-paid political leader to receive $1m salary increase

https://mins.news/en/item/49446

- BBC News, 2026-09-08 09:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5kn143d1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Singapore will raise the pay of ministers and other office holders, lifting Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s annual package by S$1.4m to S$3.6m. Wong says higher salaries are needed to attract talent and plans to donate the increase to charity over five years. Critics say the move is tone deaf amid job insecurity, inflation and rising living costs.

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