[color=#770077][/color]He lives on 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.

wow!..
actually the title should read ''World's best President''

RESPECT, man.

U r unlike some that wld want to rule for a hundred years even though they are failing, just because they haven't embezzled enough..they want to gather as much as possible so they could build castles in heaven, have larger graves and live forever.

hmm

i doubt if africa can av such a leader. No Nigerian president wil ever wanna leave outside ASO ROCK

Jose Mujica to Argentine President Christina Fernandes de Kirchner, 'this old hag is worse than the cross-eyed man'

As this post walker come Nl make e manage enter news papers make nigerians thief thief govt read.
See all their posters just because of what they intends looting the moment they manuplate into power..We really need a strong God fearing leader that can bring these so called leaders to book