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Meet The World's Poorest President by davimiles(op): 5:20pm On Feb 11, 2015
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.

Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by davimiles(op): 5:25pm On Feb 11, 2015
Why can't our leaders be like this
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by mrnuur(m): 5:29pm On Feb 11, 2015
Chief Servant...not like our MBA
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by Nobody: 5:30pm On Feb 11, 2015
Our president be like who!
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by Nobody: 5:34pm On Feb 11, 2015
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.
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by davimiles(op): 6:23pm On Feb 11, 2015
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
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by davimiles(op): 6:26pm On Feb 11, 2015
Iyanda49:
Our president be like who!
be like this president that donates his income to charity
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by Nobody: 6:26pm On Feb 11, 2015
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Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by Nobody: 6:33pm On Feb 11, 2015
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.
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by Nobody: 6:42pm On Feb 11, 2015
This is d kind of president we nid in nigeria
Re: Meet The World's Poorest President by queensmith: 10:59am On Mar 01, 2015
He amazes me
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