Ministers in Singapore are the highest paid politicians in the world, receiving a 60% salary raise in 2007 and as a result Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's pay jumped to S$3.1 million, five times the US$400,000 earned by President Barack Obama.
Although there was a public outcry regarding the high salary in comparison to the size of the country governed, the government's firm stance was that this raise was required to ensure the continued efficiency and corruption-free status of Singapore's "world-class" government.
On 21 May 2011, following the 2011 general election, the Prime Minister announced that a committee would be appointed to review politician's remuneration, and that revised salaries would take effect from that date