6. Jose Mujica, Uruguayan President(1978 Volkswagen Beetle).

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Jose Mujica, president of Uruguay since 2010, is known to be the world’s poorest president. Jose donates more than 90% of his $12,000 per month salary to benefit the poor and to help small entrepreneurs.

If we need more of anything in this world, it would be more people like this. This man doesn’t put value on his appearance or clothes.

He is criticized for his posture and clothes, but Jose puts more value on other things in life instead. The president and his wife work the land themselves, growing flowers.

This austere lifestyle and the fact that Mujica donates about 90% of his monthly salary, equivalent to $12,000 (£7,500), to charity has led him to be labelled the poorest president in the world.” I’m called the poorest president’, but I don’t feel pooI, ive lived like this most of my life,” he says, sitting on an old chair in his garden, using a cushion favoured by Manuela the dog. “I can live well with what I have.”

His charitable donations which benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs mean his salary is roughly in line with the average Uruguayan income of $775 (£485) a month.

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  1. that’s how it suppose to be. I remember when I won 30m and instead of me to buy land and investment I went and buy car for 16m guess wat happend to me. ask me where d car is now

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