Why is Jose Mujica known as the world’s poorest president?

Jose Mujica is a famous Uruguayan politician and farmer who served as the 40th President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.

Jose Mujica is known as the poorest president in the world due to his austere lifestyle and his donation of around 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs.

Jose Mujica lives a modest and humble life that is worth emulating by many in the world.

It’s no wonder the citizens of Uruguay affectionately called him “Pepe.” But others around the world called Pepe Mujica “the world’s poorest president”.

Jose Mujica was born on May 20, 1935, in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was imprisoned for 12 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.

As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as President on 1 March 2010.

In 2005, Mujica married longtime partner Lucía Topolansky, a fellow former Tupamaros member, senator, and former vice-president, after many years living together. They have no children and live on a farm owned by Lucía in the outskirts of Montevideo.

Source: abtc.ng