3) Beji Caid Essebsi, President of Tunisia – Annual Salary: $16,400
Beji Caid Essebsi has been the president of Tunisia since December 2014. His predecessor Moncef Marzouki had announced his decision to voluntarily take a two-thirds pay cut in 2014. He was receiving a net income of around $12,000 from a gross wage of around $19,000. He was of the opinion that the state has to be a model to deal with the nation’s deteriorating financial situation. He had ordered reductions in the expenses of the presidency. The monthly salary of the President of Tunisia is around $1,350.
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