The former president of my country (Uruguay) maintained his "day job" (he was an oncologist, and visited his patients for all 5 years of government). It's not

The former president of my country (Uruguay) maintained his "day job" (he was an oncologist, and visited his patients for all 5 years of government). It's not the same scale as an US senator, but you could compare it to a State governor from the smaller US states. We used to joke about the chairman of the hospital, who was "the president's boss".