Luxembourg Minister earn more than 18,000 euros a month

How much do the government members earn in the country with the highest minimum wage in Europe? In the case of the Prime Minister, the salary corresponds to eight unskilled minimum wages. According to the figures that the Ministry for the public service « Contacto », the head of government, Luc Frieden (CSV), receives 21,879 euros a month, more than eight times the unqualified minimum wage, which is currently 2,637.79 euros. All in all, the government’s number one earns almost as much as the unqualified minimum wage of a year in a month.

As expected, the prime minister is the best paid member of the government. The other ministers earn 18,737 euros.

But that’s not all that government officials earn every month. In addition to the salaries mentioned above, there is a monthly amount to cover the representation costs in connection with the tasks of the ministers. The Prime Minister, the Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, who are most frequently on business trips, receive 8,816 euros per month to « Domnités de Représentation », as they are called in French. The other members of the government are entitled to 3,306 euros per month. This compensation is paid separately – outside the salary – but the amount is determined that it is paid out every month, i.e. 12 times a year.

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However, the Ministry for the Public Service emphasizes in the data that was made available to « Contacto » that « these allowances cannot be cumulated ». In other words, a government official who heads two ministries cannot receive two representative allowances for this reason.

In addition to the monthly salary and the amount to cover the representative costs, government officials also receive an annual allowance (“Allocation de Fin d’Année”, in French). In the case of the head of government, this is 20,717 euros. The rest of the government receives 17,742 euros.

Another fact: Minister with children can also receive a family allowance of 675 euros, according to the ministry, which emphasizes that there are « no further allowances ».

Minister also benefit from the index

When asked about the development of the salaries of government members in recent years, the ministry only replies that « the salaries of the ministers have not experienced any special changes in the recent past ».

On the other hand, the Ministry makes it clear to the public service that « the salaries of the ministers, like all other references in Luxembourg, are also indexed ». This means that every time the mechanism is activated to adapt the salaries to inflation, the income of the members of the executive is increased by 2.5 percent.

Peace leads the richest country in the world, but does not have the best salary

Although Luxembourg, measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, is still the richest country in the world, the number one content in the government is far from that of the best paid state head of the world.

Lawrence Wong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, who referred to the POITHRECALSALARIAS.com website in September 2024, with $ 1.69 million a year as the best paid head of government in the world (after an exchange rate and calculations, this corresponds to more than 130,000 euros per month).

If you compare the annual income of Luc Frieden, the Prime Minister of the Rich State of the world, with that of Donald Trump, the President of the greatest power in the world, it is the American who is best cuts with an annual salary of $ 400,000 according to the US press. The converted in euros is around 370,365 euros, i.e. significantly more than the 262,548 euros that Luc Frieden earns a year.

And how is Portugal in international comparison? According to the newspaper, Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro received around 82,000 euros a year published in January in January in January, according to the newspaper, the eight lowest salary among the countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.

This article first appeared on Contacto.lu. It was translated using AI applications and edited by Thomas Berthol.