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.

Why can't our leaders be like this

Chief Servant...not like our MBA

Our president be like who!

davimiles:
Why can't our leaders be like this

because they are selfish, greedy and self centered....after stealing more than enough to feed the yet unborn generation they still want to remain there till they die. No one is excluded, they spread across the nation.I believe one day the story will change for good, united we stand as a country, let's join hand and vote the candidate that could help fight corruption.

afolag:

because they are selfish, greedy and self centered....after stealing more than enough to feed the yet unborn generation they still want to remain there till they die. No one is excluded, they spread across the nation.I believe one day the story will change for good, united we stand as a country, let's join hand and vote the candidate that could help fight corruption.

so Who do you think we should vote

Iyanda49:
Our president be like who!

be like this president that donates his income to charity

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davimiles:
so Who do you think we should vote

I dnt trust any politician but I will go with GMB on the basis that he was never a corrupt leader, I was too young to knw wats going on during his military regime as d head of state but CORRUPTION charges that was never in his name make me believe his gonna be a a good leader. I think his kind is so rare. What choice do we av....atlist one av been driving for d past 6years and we ar still where we ar.

This is d kind of president we nid in nigeria

He amazes me