
Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, already the world's highest paid national leader, will receive a salary increase of one million dollars, taking his annual pay to 3.6 million Singapore dollars, equivalent to about 2.8 million US dollars or 2.1 million pounds. The increase was reported by BBC World in September 2026.
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