List of heads of state and government by net worth

Interesting to note the net worth of the richest leaders in the world. One fascinating aspect of this list is that some of the individuals identified below are the heads of state of countries living in absolute poverty and/or in dictatorial governments; note Fidel Castro’s net worth listed just above Jimmy Carter’s. TGO

Refer to information below. Source: Wikipedia

Current heads of state and government Name   Title   Net Worth   Country   Bhumibol Adulyadej King of Siam $30 billion (June 2009) Kingdom of Thailand Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan of Brunei Darussalam $20 billion (June 2009) State of Brunei Darussalam Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates,

Emir of Abu Dhabi $18 billion (June 2009) United Arab Emirites Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques $17 billion (June 2009) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates,

Vice President of the United Arab Emirates $12 billion (June 2009) United Arab Emirites Silvio Berlusconi President of the Council of Ministers $9.4 billion (March 2009) Italian Republic Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein Prince of Liechtenstein $3.5 billion (June 2009) Principality of Liechtenstein Mohammed VI King of Morocco $2.5 billion (June 2009) Kingdom of Morocco Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Emir of Qatar $2 billion (June 2009) State of Qatar Asif Ali Zardari President of Pakistan $1.8 billion – $4 billion (2009) Islamic Republic of Pakistan Albert II Sovereign Prince of Monaco $1 billion (June 2009) Principality of Monaco Qaboos bin Said al Said Imams and Sayyids of Oman $700 million (June 2009) Sultanate of Oman Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo President of Equatorial Guinea $600 million

Republic of Equatorial Guinea Elizabeth II Queen and Head of state of each of Her

Commonwealth Realms $450 million (June 2009) Commonwealth realms Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir $400 million (June 2009) Kuwait Beatrix I Queen of the Netherlands $200 million (June 2009) Kingdom of the Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

Aruba Mswati III King $100 million (June 2009) Swaziland Kevin Rudd Prime Minister of Australia $60 million Commonwealth of Australia John Key Prime Minister of New Zealand $37 million New Zealand Lee Myung-bak President of the Republic of Korea $23.6 million Republic of Korea Milo Đukanović Prime Minister $14.8 million Montenegro Margrethe II Queen of Denmark $10 million

Denmark Carl XVI Gustaf King $9 million Sweden Nicolas Sarkozy President of the French Republic

ex officio Prince of Andorra $3 million French Republic

Principality of Andorra Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President $3 million Philippines Cristina Kirchner President $2 million Argentina Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister $2 million Turkey Barack Obama President of the United States of America $1.3 million United States Felipe Calderón President $670,000 Mexico Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President $500,000 Indonesia Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President $360,000 Brazil Vladimir Putin Chairman of the Government of the

Russian Federation $150,000 – $40 billion (2007) Russian Federation Former heads of state and government

The following list of individuals comprises former heads of state and government, and is a reference to compare current holders of a title against. The dollar amounts are not adjusted for inflation, but are accurate to the year given.

Name   Title   Tenure   Net Worth   Country   Bill Clinton President of the United States of America 1993-2001 $697,000 (1993)

$17.4 million – $53.7 million (2007) United States of America Fidel Castro Prime Minister of Cuba

President of the Council of State of Cuba 1959-1976

1976-2008 $550 million – $900 million (2006) Republic of Cuba Jimmy Carter President of the United States of America 1977-1981 -$1 million in debt (1981) United States of America Paul Martin Prime Minister of Canada 2003-2006 $220 million (2004) Canada George W. Bush President of the United States of America 2001-2009 $15 million (2004) United States of America Ronald Reagan President of the United States of America 1981-1989 $4 million (1985) United States of America Saddam Hussein President of Iraq 1979-2003 $2 billion (2003) Republic of Iraq Tony Blair Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of

Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1997-2007 $3 million (2004) United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland Yasser Arafat President of the Palestinian National Authority 1996-2004 $300 million (2003) Palestinian National Authority

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