Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong $3.8 million Hong Kong: Donald Tsang $775,000 Ireland: Brian Cowen $624,000 US: George Bush $597,000 Japan: Taro Aso $530,000 France: Nicolas Sarkozy $483,000 Germany: Angela Merkel $475,000 United Kingdom: Gordon Brown $421,000 Canada: Stephen Harper $340,000 Australia: Kevin Rudd $330,000 New Zealand: John Key $325,000 US Vice-President: Dick Cheney $310,000 Russia: Vladimir Putin $120,000 Bolivia: Evo Morales $32,000 Sources: Hay Group global consultants, Forbes.com, Straits Times, latest available figures, currency conversions at current $A rate)