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Perhaps the world's most humble leader — humbly steps down

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 03/03/2015 - 07:22

Forget honorifics like “your excellency” or “Mr. President” or even “Sir,” Uruguayans call their outgoing president simply, "Pepe."

José “Pepe” Mujica is stepping down after five years as perhaps the world's most humble presidents.

 

 

“This man is a guru,” says journalist Uki Goñi, “He's the head of state that refuses to dress in the pomp and ride in a limousine."

Mujica never occupied the presidential palace, he has never driven around in chauffeured limousines, rather, the 79-year-old head of state continues to live in his own country house 20 minutes outside of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo and continues to drive around in his old, beat-up Volkswagen Beetle.

Journalist Uki Goñi recently saw that ancient blue Beetle when he visited Mujica at his home to profile the president for The Guardian newspaper. They sat in the president’s garden, what Goñi describes as nothing more than a...

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