Salary is lower, but a raise is coming: Montenegrin officials earn less than most colleagues from the region

According to last year's data, President Jakov Milatović earns 1.932 euros per month, while Aleksandar Vučić earns around forty euros less. Prime Minister Milojko Spajić's salary is 1.900 euros, and his Serbian counterpart Miloš Vučević is the lowest paid at 1.566 euros.

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Milatović 1.932, and Vučić 1.894 euros, Photo: Cabinet of the President of Montenegro
Milatović 1.932, and Vučić 1.894 euros, Photo: Cabinet of the President of Montenegro
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President of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic and the first man of the Assembly Andrija Mandic In terms of salaries, they are closest to their colleagues in Serbia, but they lag significantly behind the incomes of top people in Croatia and Slovenia.

The data refers to last year, given that new files of Montenegrin leaders have not yet been published on the website of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, for which the deadline is the end of March of this year. The data for their colleagues from the region is similar.

The salaries of domestic public officials will increase if the amended Law on Salaries in the Public Sector is adopted and enters into force this year, with the draft of which the Government plans to increase salaries by 30 percent through an increase in coefficients for calculating salaries for all public officials. This, if the Parliament adopts the law, will cost citizens 8,5 million euros annually.

Milatović and Vučić together are a little more than Milanović

According to data from last year, Milatović has approximately the same salary as his Serbian colleague. Aleksandar Vučić, but significantly smaller than other presidents of the region.

According to data submitted to the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) in March last year, Milatović receives 1.932 euros per month.

Milatović earns an additional 550 euros per month from renting out his apartment. When it comes to property, Milatović has a 46% owned apartment measuring 68 square meters, while he and his wife have a joint property measuring 107 square meters. Milatović is also building a 9.500 square meter house, and he is the heir to a XNUMX square meter meadow.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, according to data from the Anti-Corruption Agency from May last year, earns 221.862,21 dinars net, or about 1.894 euros.

He owns a 30-square-meter studio apartment that he acquired through purchase. It is the only property he has reported on his property file for years.

President of Croatia Zoran Milanovic, according to data from the Conflict of Interest Commission from February last year, earns 3.587 per month.

When it comes to real estate, Milanović and his wife own a 127-square-meter apartment in Zagreb. He has co-ownership interests in several other properties, including a 77,56-square-meter apartment in Zagreb (a 16,66 percent stake), two weekend houses in Soline measuring 92 and 91 square meters, and arable land and meadows in Glavice and Soline, which he inherited.

The Croatian government increased the salaries of top civil servants by more than 60 percent in the middle of last year, so the prime minister, president and speaker of parliament will receive a 2.500 euro salary increase, Croatian media reported. These earnings should be visible in their new asset cards, which will be published at the beginning of the year.

President of North Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska Dajkova He earns around 1.500 euros per month.

She has no property registered in her name, and her only property - a 73 square meter apartment, acquired through a sale, is in her husband's name.

According to data from 2023, the Chairman of the Presidency of BiH, Željko Komšić, receives a monthly net salary of 3.136 euros, and members of the Presidency of BiH, Zeljka Cvijanovic i Denis Bećirović, 3.390, and 3.315 euros per month, respectively.

President of Slovenia Natasha Pirc MusaAccording to data provided to the local media by her office, she received a salary of 3.805 euros in June last year. She has 273.000 euros in bank savings and financial investments.

She is a co-owner of three companies (Law Firm Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle, Info House, Russian Cottage), and the total book value of the shares is 212.000 euros. She is also a co-owner of a family house.

Golob "sewed" Spajić for 3.000 euros

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić receives slightly more per month than his Serbian counterpart Miloš Vucevic, but significantly less than the prime ministers of the countries in the region.

According to data he submitted to ASK last year, Spajić earns around 1.900 euros per month.

He has no real estate in his name. He has 23.800 euros in cash in his account and about 30.000 euros in two current accounts. He also owns 10 shares in Goldman Sachs, where he worked before returning to Montenegro in 2020 and becoming Minister of Finance in the Government. Zdravka Krivokapića.

Spajić, as he stated in his asset declaration, invests money in cryptocurrencies, but he did not specify the amount.

Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, according to data from May last year, received 184.048,04 per month, or approximately 1.566,37 euros.

Vučević owns a four-bedroom apartment of 86 square meters, a two-bedroom apartment of 50 square meters, as well as a 15 square meter garage in the capital.

Croatian President 3.587, Montenegrin Prime Minister around 1.900 euros: Milanović and Spajić
Croatian President 3.587, Montenegrin Prime Minister around 1.900 euros: Milanović and Spajićphoto: Gov.me

Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic He earns around 3.300 euros per month.

He owns a 191 square meter apartment in Zagreb. The property card states that the value of the apartment is estimated at 346.406,53 euros. He also owns another 5,63 square meter property in Zagreb, which is worth 2.645,46 euros.

Plenković and his wife, along with third parties, own a house with a garden in the town of Makoše. The total area is 759 square meters, while the value of the house is estimated at 66.361,40 euros. His share of co-ownership is 33,33 percent. He also declared a 25 square meter property, which he inherited from his parents, and which is co-owned. He saved 220.000 euros.

Monthly salary of the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski, who has held this position since June last year, is around 140.450 denars, or 2.300 euros.

Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Golob, according to data officially submitted to the Slovenian media by the President's office last year, had a gross salary of 6.551 euros in April last year, or approximately 4.900 euros net.

Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of BiH Borjana Kristo She earns around 3.300 euros per month. She and her husband own a house, the value of which is estimated at just over 200 thousand euros.

Salaries of the Vice President of the Assembly

President of the Parliament of Montenegro Andrija Mandic earns more per month than her colleague from Serbia Ana Brnabic, and less than the Croatian counterpart Gordan Jandroković and Slovenian colleagues Urške Klakočar Zupančić.

The first man of the Montenegrin parliament earns 2.600 euros per month.

Apart from his salary and that of his family members, as well as inherited property, there is no information on whether the leader of New Serbian Democracy and the first man in the highest legislative house owns anything additional.

He declared half of the ownership interest in a 360-square-meter house, a 73-square-meter outbuilding and a 600-square-meter plot. He is a co-owner of 84 hectares of land, pastures and forests, two houses of 120 and 80 square meters, a 120-square-meter outbuilding and a 300-square-meter plot. Of all of this, he received a quarter of the property.

According to data from last year, the Speaker of the Serbian Parliament, Ana Brnabić, earned 211.358,64 dinars per month, or about 1.800 euros.

Brnabić owns an apartment and a loft, measuring 328 square meters, as well as a 19 square meter garage, which she acquired by purchase. She owns houses measuring 167 and 30 square meters, which she inherited. She also owns land on the island of Krk, which she also inherited.

The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Gordan Jandroković, earns 3.112 euros per month. The data he submitted to the Commission for Deciding on Conflicts of Interest in February last year states that, in terms of real estate, he and his wife own a 149 square meter apartment in Zagreb, valued at approximately 398.168 euros, and a 15 square meter garage, worth approximately 13.000 euros. He has saved around 100.000 euros.

According to available data from November 2024, the gross monthly salary of the President of the National Assembly of Slovenia, Urške Klakočar Zupančič, amounted to just over 6.500 euros gross, or around 4.723 euros net.

Data on the earnings of their colleague from North Macedonia Afrim Gashi, who has held that position since May last year, are not publicly available.

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