They say power is sweet, but how sweeter can it be when you get to experience the lassies of power while also having a fortress security that an ant cannot breach?
Here are the world's most well-protected leaders. It's hardly surprising that there are no African leaders in the top ten.
6. Mohammed Bin Salman
Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister is Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known by his initials MBS or MbS. He is also the head of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, as well as the chairman of the Council of Political, Security, and Defense Affairs.
Mohamed Bin Salman is also the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, which boasts the world's largest oil reserves and some of the world's wealthiest people. In recent years, Salmán has spent more than $20 billion on military equipment.
Not only is Prince Salman known for his luxury homes, sports cars, exotic pets, and anything else worth millions of dollars, but he is also known for being a brutal leader by any meaning of the term, as he is notorious for assassinating anybody who opposes his government either domestically or outside.
Because of this, and partly because of Saudi Arabia's long history of foes, he is clearly one of the most well-protected people on the planet, maybe even more so than his father, King Mohamed Bin Salmán.
5. President Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2012, making him China's supreme leader. Since 2013, Xi has also served as President of the People's Republic of China.
Xi Jinping is said to have had the most assassination attempts in the world, despite the fact that there are no official data on this.
This is hardly surprising given that China is the most populous country on the planet. That means he is always guarded by a big number of bodyguards, and nowadays, this secret security corps employs helicopter drones as well as a cyber-security squad of warriors to keep the top Chinese leader safe.
4. Pope Francis
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the Catholic Church's leader. Since March 13, 2013, he has been the bishop of Rome and the sovereign of the Vatican City State.
Francis is the first pope from the Americas and the first non-European pope since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the eighth century.
As a young man, he worked as a bouncer and janitor before studying chemistry and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. In 1969, he was ordained as a Catholic priest.
Religious leaders are admired and honoured all across the world. But this is out of the ordinary for Pope Francis. As the global leader of the Catholic Church, he is well-protected.
He lives in Vatican City, one of the world's most fortified cities. His first line of defence is the Pontifical Swiss Guard, an armed security organization that has existed for almost 500 years. Pope Julius II granted the order to establish it.
The Swiss Guard utilizes some of the world's most advanced weaponry. They are committed to protecting Pope Francis at all costs, making him the world's most secure religious leader.
3. North Korean President Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un is a North Korean politician who has served as the country's Supreme Leader since 2011 and as the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012. He is the son of North Korea's second supreme leader, Kim Jong-il, who reigned from 1994 to 2011, and Ko Yong-hui.
Kim Jong-un is protected by a steel-like security apparatus. North Korea, notorious for its terrible past, is a country that is always ready to defend itself from external attacks or threats.
When it comes to safeguarding their leader, they place a high priority on it. Kim is claimed to have a private army of around 120,000 highly trained warriors, in addition to able-bodied security personnel who accompany him everywhere he travels. The Supreme Guard Command is in charge of protecting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
2. US President Joseph Biden Jr
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is the 46th and current President of the United States of America. He formerly served as President Barack Obama's 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017, and he represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
The position of President of the United States of America has long posed security issues.
For example, it costs roughly $16 million to protect former President Barack Obama and his family for a year, but President Trump boosted the cost to $29 million. In 2017, the US Congress appropriated $120 million for the president's and his family's safety for a year. The secret service is an elite squad entrusted with protecting the president's integrity; we're talking about a group of over 7,000 individuals that are meticulously structured and ready to respond to any crisis threatening the president's life.
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who now serves as Russia's president. Putin has been president or prime minister continuously since 1999, serving as prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012, and as president from 2000 to 2008 and again since 2012.
Putin spent 16 years as a KGB foreign intelligence officer, reaching to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring in 1991 to pursue a political career in Saint Petersburg.
He is commonly considered the world's most powerful individual, and he commands the world's most sophisticated nuclear arsenal. As one of the world's most powerful politicians, Vladimir Putin is continually guarded by an elite security agency and the country's military. This is why Putin has escaped assassination by his adversaries for so long.
The Russian government is adamant about avoiding sharing details about the Special Forces that protect Russian President Vladimir Putin and his family.
Vladimir Putin is often considered the most secure person on the globe.