Friday, February 23, 2024

SALARIES OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

 Pafos Press 23 February 2024



The General Accounting Office of the Republic has issued an announcement regarding the remuneration of state officials and employees.

The announcement states that "transparency in the financial transactions of the State allows the citizen to make government services more accountable, while the principle of transparency has been incorporated with regulatory provisions in our legislative framework for financial management and control since 2014.

Based on the above framework, the upgrading of the financial information provided by the General Accounting Office of the Republic to the public is imperative and continuous. Through the website of our Service www.treasury.gov.cy, and taking into account the need to provide useful and timely information, the gross and net salaries of government officials and employees (including those paid with fixed salary), by scale and grade.

In particular, the net annual salary after tax collections for the president of the Republic is 114,039. For the president of the Parliament it is 92,731. For Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Government Representative it is 75,674. For MPs and religious representatives it is 65,100. 

For the Commissioners for Legislation and Protection of Children's Rights it is 75,674. For the Environment and Equality commissioners it is 67,507. 

The Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General and Supreme Court Justices have an annual salary of 114,491. 

POSITIONNET ANNUAL SALARY 
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC*114,039 
PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES*92,731 
MINISTER / DEPUTY MINISTER UNDER THE PRESIDENT / DEPUTY MINISTER / GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE*75,674 
MP / RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIVE *65,100 
LEGISLATION COMMISSIONER*75,674 
COMMISSIONER FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD *75,674 
PRESIDENT OF THE TAX COUNCIL49,861 
MEMBER OF THE TAX COUNCIL43,561 
INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICER*65,708 
ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER67,507 
COMMISSIONER FOR EQUALITY67,507 
EKP.E/K Pleuras Dier.Authority Unknown.45,946 
CHAIRMAN OF THE APPEALS STUDY BOARD62,903 
SUPERVISOR OF STATE AID CONTROL55,834 
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF COMPETITION91,440 
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF COMPETITION46,950 
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER77,695 
HEALTH SUPERVISION COMMISSIONER91,440 
ATTORNEY GENERAL114,491 
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL114,491 
PRESIDENT / SUPREME COURT JUDGE114,491 
PRESIDENT / JUDGE OF THE SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL COURT114,491 
CHAIRMAN / MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS (APPEALS)103,415 
PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT COURT92,332 
PRESIDENT OF ANOTHER COURT78,297 
SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE78,297 
CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION*90,572 
MEMBER OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION*70,033 
CHAIRMAN OF THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE*86,516 
MEMBER OF THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE*65,015 
CHIEF COLLECTOR89,147 
POLICE CHIEF89,147 
ADMINISTRATOR OF KYP89,147 
GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTRY89,147 
GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE PARLIAMENT89,147 
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL89,147 
GENERAL INSPECTOR89,147 
COMMITTEE OF ADMINISTRATION*85,239 
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC79,309 
LIEUTENANT GENERAL73,023 
DIRECTOR OF LARGE DEPARTMENT76,634 
TRANSPARENCY COMMISSIONER79,309 
MEMBER OF AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY AGAINST CORRUPTION55,699 
DIRECTOR OF THE PRESS OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC41,155 
OFFICER OF COOPERATIVE COMPANIES SERVICE67,507 
DEPUTY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE48,141 
CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY65,113 
COMMISSIONER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES 67,507 
COMMISSIONER OF THE CITIZENS                   67,507 


It is clarified that with regard to the amount of net salary earnings presented, this is based only on deductions arising by law.  For income tax purposes, additional deductions/exemptions/discounts or other income that may apply on a case-by-case basis are not taken into account.