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The richest world leaders and the questions some face over their wealth

The wealthy and powerful
Volodymyr Zelensky – $1.5 million (£1.2m)
Nicolás Maduro – $2 million (£1.5m)
Prayuth Chan-ocha – $3.1 million (£2.4m)
Boris Johnson – $4 million (£2.9m)
Joe Biden – $8 million (£5.7m)
Justin Trudeau – $13 million (£10m)
Emmanuel Macron – $31.5 million (£28.4m)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – $50 million (£38.4m)
Lee Hsien Loong – $51 million (£39m)
Cyril Ramaphosa – at least $450 million (£322m)
Paul Kagame – $500 million (£384m)
Uhuru Kenyatta – $500 million (£385m)
Ilham Aliyev – $500 million (£384m)
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo – $600 million (£462m)
Ali Bongo Ondimba – $1 billion (£768m)
Bashar al-Assad – $1.5 billion (£1bn)
Xi Jinping – $1.5 billion (£1bn)
Sebastian Piñera – $2.9 billion (£2.1bn)
Andrej Babiš – $3.7 billion (£2.6bn)
Kim Jong-un – $5 billion (£3.8bn)
Vladimir Putin – $200 billion (£143.5bn)
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The wealthy and powerful

As well as wielding immense amounts of political power, many world leaders are also extremely wealthy. But a list of the richest leaders doesn't just feature the presidents and prime ministers of the world's wealthiest countries, it also includes the heads of some of the world's poorest nations. And the release of the Pandora Papers has shone a light again on how some leaders have made their money. From India's Narendra Modi to Russia's Vladimir Putin, read on to find out who the world's richest leaders are today and how they amassed their wealth. All dollar values in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

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05 October 2021

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