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George Osborne is the latest name linked to the job of BBC President, according to reports.
The former Chancellor and Conservative MP is encouraged to run for the post, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Osborne, who resigned as editor of the Evening Standard in June after three years, is not believed to have been approached for the vacancy.
Ministers increased the salary this week for the part-time position to £ 160,000 a year. A source told the newspaper that ministers could further raise the salary package to £ 280,000 to tempt Osborne.
The BBC declined to comment on the latest speculation.
David Clementi, the current president, will resign when his term ends in February, after overseeing the appointment of Tim Davie as the new CEO.
Other names related to the role include David Dimbleby, former Question Time host Trevor Phillips, former chairman of the equality watchdog, Lady Morgan, former secretary of culture, and Robbie Gibb, former head of the bureau. Downing Street Press Office.
It comes after Charles Moore, the former editor of the Daily Telegraph, was scrapped earlier this month.
Moore, whose writings on race and Islam have come under renewed scrutiny since he was publicly associated with the role, is understood to have backed down amid family health issues despite claims that he was the first choice. Downing Street for the post.
Reports had said that Moore, who was once fined for refusing to pay his television license fee in protest of BBC content, would have wanted substantially more than the current salary of £ 100,000 funded by the license fee.
Government sources have consistently emphasized that the formal hiring process for the position has not yet begun.
Speculation about Moore raised concerns within the BBC about the direction the corporation would seek to take. Julian Knight, the Conservative MP who chairs the cultural selection committee, said that appointing a man who refused to pay a license fee as BBC president was “like being convicted of fraud and being in a bank.”
