10. Borut Pahor, Slovenia – $44,280
Borut
Pahor of Slovenia became the President of his country in December 2012 after
beating the then-incumbent President Danilo Turk in a runoff election. Pahor
comes from the Social Democrats Party and was a member of the country’s
National Assembly for a number of terms. He even served as chairman of the
Assembly from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, he became a member of the European
Parliament. In 2008, he became the Prime Minister of Slovenia after his party
won the parliamentary elections. He was forced to step down in February 2012
after a loss of confidence because of an economic crisis. Barely 10 months
later, he won the largely ceremonial presidential post.
09. Federico Franco, Paraguay $40,000
Federico Franco became the President of Paraguay in
June 2012. He is actually a surgeon by profession before becoming a member of
the Authentic Radical Liberal Party. In 2008, he was elected as the Vice
President as the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate Fernando
Lugo. Lugo had to step down in the middle of 2012, however, after he was
impeached in the Senate. Franco then took over the top post.
08. Xi Jinping, China – $39,720
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Xi Jinping is the President of the People’s Republic of
China, the largest nation in the world. He is also the General Secretary of the
Communist Party of China and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
He is also a member of the Politburo. He used to serve as Governor of Fujian
and Zhejiang before he got promoted to the central leadership in 2007, when he
was immediately groomed for the top leadership
07.
Alexander Lukashenko has been the President of Belarus since
July 1994. Considered as the last dictator of Europe, he has maintained strict
government control over the country’s crucial industries, going against the trend
to privatization set by other former Soviet republics. A former member of the
Soviet Red Army, he was actually the only deputy to vote against the
independence of Belarus from the former Soviet Union. He has been criticized
for his abysmal human rights record
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