President of Uruguay José Mujica has earned a nickname "el presidente mas pobre" - translation: "poorest president"
How's
this as a man of the people: The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has
earned a nickname, "el presidente mas pobre" (translation: "poorest
president"). The 77-year-old recently admitted to the Spanish newspaper
El Mundo that he donates almost all of his presidential salary, making
him the poorest, or, as Univision pointed out, most generous president,
in the world. El presidente explained h
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receives $12,500 a month but keeps only $1,250. The public servant told
the newspaper, "I do fine with that amount; I have to do fine because
there are many Uruguayans who live with much less." He and his wife—a
senator who also donates part of her salary—live in a farmhouse in
Montevideo. His biggest expense is his Volkswagen Beetle, valued at
$1,945. Perhaps not surprisingly, under the former guerrilla fighter,
who was elected in 2010 as a member of the left-wing coalition, the
Broad Front, the country has become known for being one of the least
corrupt on the continent. Mujica has no bank accounts and no debt, and
he enjoys one thing money can't buy: the companionship of his dog,
Manuela. The Uruguayan is not the first president to donate his salary.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who came from wealth, donated his salary
when in office, as did President Herbert Hoover. Hoover, who grew up
poor, decided to never accept money for public service.
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