THIS IS THE WORLD’S MOST POOREST PRESIDENT, HE LIVES ON A FARM, AND DRIVES A BEETLE

 This is the worlds most poorest president for sure, but I doubt he is the dullest

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…”

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.