JOSE CORDANO - WORLD'S POOREST PRESIDENT

So yesterday South Africa for once shifted the attention from O.P's case to the Public Protector's report on the upgrade at the presidential homestead in Nkandla.

In a bid to find a way to see if the actions of the South African President can be justified, I tried to research the world presidents and leaders to see if any of the world leaders did a similar thing. While busy overworking my phone's search engines I was surprised to see one president Jose Alberto Mujica Cordano.

What surprised me was his humility. He is the president of Uruguay but yet he lives like any other average Joe.Born on 20 May 1935, he became active in politics at a young age.Like many great leaders and because of his political affiliation with the Tupamaros (MLN-T) he got imprisoned for 14 years and was also charged with the murder of a policeman but still maintains he was innocent.

Fast forward to 2010 he became elected as Uruguay's president.With a monthly salary of $12 000 , of which 90% is donated to charity,he still lives in his pre-presidential rental house, and his only declared asset is his 1987 V.W Beetle worth $1 900 (almost R 21 000).

Speaking to journalist on people referring him as poor he said, "Those who describe me as poor are the poor ones. My definition of poor are those who need to much.Because those who need much are never satisfied." Mujica is a man that practices the simplicity he preaches, which to some is unpresidential but makes him a hero to others.

With these wise words and acts of simplicity I think this
guy is the richest leader, because it is not the sweat of his country man feeds him and fulfills him, but his passion for the betterment of other people.Some of our African leaders can take a page or two from this great leader. Watch his video with Al Jazeera