He lives in a farm, and his official car is a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle. He donates 90% of his monthly salary to charity.
President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, is not your average
president.

It is commonplace to see some presidents of countries living
lavish lifestyles, and in some extreme cases, looting their
countries’ finances for personal gain. But not Mujica.

He is commonly known as the world’s “poorest” president
because of his austere lifestyle.

Mujica rejected the luxurious presidential residence the
government provided for him and instead opted to live on his
wife’s farm located on a dirt road outside the country’s
capital. They have no domestic workers – they do all the farm
work by themselves. The only staff they have are two police
officers.

In 2010, his annual personal wealth declaration – mandatory
for officials in Uruguay – was $1,800, the value of his Beetle.

In an interview with BBC, he said:
“I’ve lived like this most of my life, I can live well with
what I have
I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor.

Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an
expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more

This is a matter of freedom. If you don’t have many
possessions then you don’t need to work all your life like
a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time
for yourself…”

Mujica also has unique views about poverty alleviation. In the
2012 Rio+20 summit he stated:

But what are we thinking? Do we want the model of
development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask
you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians
would have the same proportion of cars per household
than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left?

“Does this planet have enough resources so seven or
eight billion can have the same level of consumption and
waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of
hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.

An Arab sheikh recently offered him $1 million for his Beetle.
Mujica is currently considering the offer, and says that if he
does sell it, he will donate the money to charity.

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Ayamlaykorn

you get the opposite in Nigeria.

jonathan is poorer. he has no shoes up till now.

Despite that people still calls him names, many people are not happy with him he's called unserious. Humans hold no solution to our problems.

Simplicity is world's greatest trait. If u dont av a car would u struggle 2 buy fuel? Be contented with what u av no mata hw small.