How Much Do New Ministers Earn and Is It Actually a Lot? | VoxUkraine

How Much Do New Ministers Earn and Is It Actually a Lot?

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5 August 2016
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Ukrainian civil servants have seen their earning change after a new Law on Civil Service came into force on the 1st of May. VoxUkraine has decided to find out how much civil servants earn and how their salary compares to the salaries of ministers in other countries. Is it true that Ukrainian ministers are among the worst paid in the world? Why does the minister of culture earn almost twice as much as the minister of defense? How is the salary of ministers calculated?

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