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Friday, February 1, 2013

José Mujica,President of Uruguay - World's Poorest President

Jose Mujica as the candidate of the Broad Front won the 2009 Uruguayan Presidential Election(held on Oct 25 & Nov 29,2009)defeating Luis Alberto Lacalle of the national Party securing 52% of the votes as against Lacalle's 43% votes and took office as President on 1 March 2010.

Jose Mujica is a Vegetarian  and is considered to be "the world's 'poorest' president", as he donates around 90 percent of his monthly salary, approximately $12,000, to charities to benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs


Jose Mujica(77) shunned the opulent Suárez y Reyes presidential mansion, with its staff of 42, remaining instead in the home where he and his wife have lived for years, on a plot of land where they grow chrysanthemums for sale in local markets.


Jose Mujica lives in a run-down house on Montevideo’s outskirts with no servants at all. His security detail: two plainclothes officers parked on a dirt road.

Jose Mujica's net worth upon taking office of President in 2010 amounted to about $1,800 — the value of the 1987 Volkswagen Beetle parked in his garage.

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