Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Named Second Highest-Paid African Leader, Earning $488,604 Annually

King Mohammed VI ranks 2nd out of 15 in the 2021 Business Insider Africa ranking for the best-paid heads of state in Africa. He far outpaces Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
With an annual salary of $488,604, King Mohammed VI is the second highest-paid African leader behind Cameroonian President Paul Biya ($620,976). The sovereign far outpaces the Algerian president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune (6th place, $168,000).
In the rest of the top 15, we find the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (3rd, $223,500); the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (4th, $192,200), the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (5th, $183,216), the Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (7th, $152,680), the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa (8th, $146,590), the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso (9th, $108,400), the Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (10th, $100,000) and the President of Liberia, George Weah (11th, $90,000).
The Presidents of Rwanda ($85,000), Ghana ($76,000), Malawi ($74,300) and Nigeria ($69,000) close the podium.
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