Well, it appears French President François Hollande will never have a bad hair day, at least during his term in office, as he employs a hairdresser for £99,000 a year.
The satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchaîné has published the contract of Olivier Benhamou, the presidential hairdresser who was hired for Hollande's five-year term in 2012.
The news is hair-raising because Hollande came to power on a platform focusing on left-wing ideology with promises to lead a simple lifestyle as opposed to his Conservative predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his model wife, Carla Bruni, who were infamous for their extravagant lifestyle.
Sarkozy was mocked for spending more than $8,500 a month on a personal make-up artist, but the contract of Hollande's barber showed he earns almost as much as a French government minister.
Trying to justify the hairdresser's pay, presidential officials reportedly said that he works long hours and is beside Hollande to fix his hair “as many times as necessary”.
