Meet the “Poorest President” in the World – Uruguayan President José Mujica

This may be unbelievable but truely the story is real. The world poorest President is Uruguayan President Jose' Mujica. Accoding to news reaching Nollyjist, the President Drives a Volkswagen Beetle car & he donates about 90% of his monthly salary to Charity. 

The president has earned a name to himself what most people would call, "world most poorest president" or the "most generous president" of our time. he is nicknamed as, "el presidente mas pobre" which is translated to be "poorest president".

 

 The President said in a recent interview that the only big item he owns is his Volkswagen Beetle car, valued at $1,945 dollars (about N308,283) . He earns a salary of $12,500 a month (N1,981,250), but only keeps $1,250(N198,125) for himself, donating the rest to charity.

He lives in a farmhouse which is under his wife’s name, Lucía Topolansky, a Senator, who also donates part of her salary.

 The 77 year-old who has been Uruguay’s president since March 1, 2010 told El Mundo, “I do fine with that amount; I have to do fine because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less.”

It was also reported that under his stewardship, Uruguay has become known for low levels of corruption. The South American country ranks as the second least corrupt country in Latin America in Transparency International’s global corruption index.

 Yahoo News reported that the President has no bank accounts, no debts, and he enjoys the companionship of his dog, Manuela. When his term is over, the President hopes to rest even more peacefully in his farmhouse, along with his wife and his inseparable dog.

What a mind blowing story,  we look forward to see more world leaders who can follow his foot steps, expecially our African leaders. God help us all.