Blog teh-nomad: "The poorest president on the planet"
teh-nomad “Uruguayan President Jose Mujica is called by his compatriots “el presidente mas pobre” - “the poorest president.” Mujica, 77, donates almost his entire presidential salary to charity, making him the poorest (or most generous) president in the world. Of 12,500 the dollars that the president receives every month, he keeps only $1,250 for himself. “This money is quite enough for me,” Mujica assures, “it should be enough, because the incomes of many Uruguayans are much lower.